Beethoven monuments of the 19th and 20th century

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Cast of Beethoven´s life mask from 1812

Ludwig van Beethoven bust by Franz Klein (1812)

Ludwig van Beethoven's tomb on the Währing cemetery in Vienna (1828)

Draft for a Beethoven monument by Friedrich von Amerling (1840s)

Ernst Julius Hähnel´s Beethoven monument on the Münsterplatz in Bonn (1845)

Beethoven monument in Bonn by Ernst Julius Hähnel (1845)

Reliefs from the pedestal of the Bonn Beethoven monument

Ernst Julius Hähnel´s Beethoven monument on the Münsterplatz in Bonn (1845)

Theodore Baur´s Beethoven statue at the Library of Congress Washington D.C. (second half of the 19th century)

Friedrich Drake´s draft for a Beethoven monument (around 1840-45)

Beethoven as Apollo by Gustav Blaeser (around 1840)

Apollo with kithara (first century BC)

Draft for a Beethoven monument by Emil Eugen Sachse, woodcut from around 1890

Beethoven monument in Vienna by Caspar Zumbusch (1880)

Beethoven monument in Vienna by Caspar Zumbusch (1880)

Beethoven monument in Vienna by Caspar Zumbusch (1880)

Beethoven statue of the Beethoven monument in Vienna by Caspar Zumbusch (1880)

Beethoven monument in Vienna by Caspar Zumbusch (1880)

Schubert monument in Vienna by Carl Kundmann (1842)

Beethoven high up in the clouds by Adolf Lang (1905)

Max Klinger (1857-1920): Beethoven monument in Leipzig (1902)

Model of the Beethoven monument in Leipzig by Max Klinger (1885/86)

Max Klinger´s Beethoven monument in Leipzig (1902)

Max Klinger´s Beethoven monument at the Vienna Secession Exhibition (1902)

Hugo Höppner, called Fidus: Draft for a Beethoven temple (1903)

Beethoven monument in Heiligenstadt by Robert Weigl (1902-1910)

Martin Tejcek: Beethoven on a walk (1841)

Emile Antoine Bourdelle: "Beethoven au foulard" (around 1890)

Emile Antoine Bourdelle: "Beethoven" (1902)

Emile Antoine Bourdelle: "La Pathétique" (1929)

Naoum Aronson : Beethoven monument in the garden of the Beethoven House in Bonn (1905)

Naoum Aronson: Drafts and models for the Beethoven monument in Bonn (summer 1905)

Gosen´s Beethoven monument in Mexico City (1921)

Model for a sitting Beethoven sculpture by Peter Christian Breuer (1910 or 1926)

Peter Christian Breuer (1856-1930): Model for a Beethoven monument (1926)

Peter Christian Breuer (1856-1930): Model for a Beethoven monument (1926-1930)

Peter Christian Breuer / Friedrich Diederich: Beethoven sculpture at the Rheinaue in Bonn (1926-1938)

Klaus Kammerichs: "Beethon" - Beethoven monument in front of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn (1986)

Ludwig van Beethoven with the manuscript of the Missa Solemnis by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)

Klaus Kammerichs: Beethoven monument (front view) in front of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn (1986)

Klaus Kammerichs: Beethoven monument (rear view) in front of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn (1986)

Klaus Kammerichs: Beethoven monument (side view) in front of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn (1986)

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