The Schiele family gathered for this photograph, likely taken in Tulln, with Adolf and Maria posing alongside their children Egon, Melanie, and Elvira. While Melanie looks directly at the camera, the others have their gazes turned away. The calm captured in this image soon gave way to sorrow and change. In 1893, Elvira, the eldest, died of meningitis at the age of ten. Ten months later, Gertrude was born—the youngest addition to the Schiele family.