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Here I have assembled some portraits of Beethoven which I have classed in chronological order. If you notice any commentaries which lack precision, please note that all constructive information is most welcome.

A painting is considered From life when it is made from the model. That is to say that Beethoven posed for the portrait.

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Thank you to Christina for her exceptional help and research.

Title Some portraits from during Beethoven's lifetime
A Portrait of Beethoven
1783
Probably not Beethoven
Anonymous painter






Museum of music instruments - Vienna

A Portrait of Beethoven
1791
Miniature sometimes presented as Beethoven at 21 years of age.

It in fact represents the poet Max von Schenkendorf (1783-1817). Identified by Ritter von Breuning as the work of Gerhard von Kügelgen, a young painter from Bonn.

StadtMuseum Bonn

A Portrait of Beethoven
?
Young Beethoven.

Anonymous painter


1801
C.-F. Riedel

There exists a painting very similar to the latter, signed Block (or Boch), which is located in a private collection in Berlin.




Beethoven-Haus Bonn
     
  A Portrait of Beethoven
1803
Christian Horneman
(1765-1844)
From life
(miniature on ivory)

H.-C. Bodmer collection , Zurich
A Portrait of Beethoven
1804-1805
Joseph Willibrord Mähler
From life



Historisches Museum
Vienna
A Portrait of Beethoven
1806
Isidor Neugass
From life
(there are several copies of this painting)

Beethoven-Haus Bonn
(Lichnowsky collection, Grätz
Marchesa Capponi, Firenze)
     
A Portrait of Beethoven
...
Anonymous painter


La Scala, Milano
A Portrait of Beethoven
1815 - Portrait 1
Joseph Willibrord Mähler
From life

Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde - Vienna

There are four copies of this painting.
A Portrait of Beethoven
1815 - Portrait 2
Joseph Willibrord Mähler
From life

Karajan's collection
Salzbourg

The third copy is part of the Gleichenstein collection.
A Portrait of Beethoven
1815
Johann Christoph Heckel
From life

Library of Congress
Washington

Another copy is part of the A. Lichtenberger collection, Heidelberg.
       
A Portrait of Beethoven
...
Arno Naumann
???
A Portrait of Beethoven
1818-1819
Ferdinand Schimon
From life

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

A Portrait of Beethoven
1820
Joseph Karl Stieler
From life

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

A Portrait of Beethoven
1823
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
From life

Breitkopf and Härtel Archives, Berlin
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TitleThe two masks of Beethoven
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
From life
Beethoven-Haus Bonn
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
variation with the eyes redone
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
variation in bronze
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
variation with laurals
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
variation in white
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1812
Franz Klein
variation 'like real flesh'
 
A Mask of Beethoven
Masque de 1827
Joseph Danhauser
From life
Beethoven-Haus Bonn
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