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Portrait of Beethoven
Lost Art-ID
5000002228
Artist / Creator
Schimon, Ferdinand
Birth
1797.04.06, Pest
Death
1852.08.29, München
Place of activity
Ungarn; München; Wien
Title
Portrait of Beethoven
Dating
1801/1850
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
90.00 cm
Width
60.00 cm
Description
Bust portrait; Ludwig van Beethoven with a wild mop of hair and red neck ribbon
Provenance
From the estate of the family of Dr Carl Phillip Genth, spa physician in Bad Langen-Schwalbach/Taunus and is said to have been a gift from the painter Schimon to the spa physician Dr Carl Georg Ludwig Genth Langen-Schwalbach around 1850. Former manor Groß-Schönberg, Wusterwitz/District of Damburg (today Poland); painting probably confiscated by Polish officers in 1945
Published since
Contact
Christian Gagelmann
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