File:Beethoven.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Karl Joseph Stieler
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	1 November 1781	9 April 1858
Location of birth/death	Mainz	Munich
Work location	Italien, Munich
Authority control	VIAF: 22405115 ISNI: 0000 0001 0653 3690 ULAN: 500007725 LCCN: n84169565 WGA: STIELER, Karl Joseph WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis

Date

1820

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

62 × 50 cm (24.4 × 19.7 in)

Current location

Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

Accession number

300100500400

Source/Photographer

http://www.fraunhofer.de/archiv/presseinfos/pflege.zv.fhg.de/german/press/pi/pi2002/08/md_fo6a.html

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Derivative works of this file: Classical music composers montage.JPG

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:22, 23 June 2016	3,812 × 4,583 (2.18 MB)	Shizhao (talk \| contribs)	from http://www.tamino-klassikforum.at/index.php?page=Thread&postID=563857
	15:13, 31 October 2013	1,200 × 1,443 (981 KB)	Austriacus (talk \| contribs)	Higher resolution.
	15:12, 31 October 2013	1,200 × 1,443 (981 KB)	Austriacus (talk \| contribs)	Higher resolution.
	18:49, 15 December 2010	915 × 1,100 (907 KB)	Aaron1a12~commonswiki (talk \| contribs)	Removed the frame's shadow on the painting
	14:02, 21 May 2009	915 × 1,100 (468 KB)	Butko (talk \| contribs)	biggest
	11:54, 10 June 2006	662 × 826 (114 KB)	Kentin (talk \| contribs)	clear
	08:23, 17 October 2005	662 × 826 (100 KB)	Okman~commonswiki (talk \| contribs)	from Germany Wiki {{PD}}
	22:21, 25 May 2005	662 × 826 (100 KB)	ADGE (talk \| contribs)	Painting of Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820) {{PD-Art}}