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Beethoven Portraits
Authentic Portrait
Engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl based on the drawing by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg (1801); Scheffner copy from 1804
Source: US-SJb
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Beethoven portrait by Stainhauser von Treuberg in vol. 1
/ BGPS 186
Authentic Portrait
Ivory miniature by Christian Hornemann (1802)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (from D-BNba, Sammlung Bodmer)
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Beethoven portrait by Hornemann in vol. 2
/ BGPS 186
Frontispiece in vol. 1 is portrait by Hornemann
/ BGPS 195
Cover with reproduction of portrait by Hornemann
/ BGPS 209
Authentic Portrait
Oil painting by Ferdinand Schimon (1819)
Source: D-BNba (B1)
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Lithograph based on the portrait by Schimon (1819)
/ BGPS 51
Portrait based on Schimon
/ BGPS 178
Authentic Portrait
Oil painting of Beethoven composing the Missa solemnis by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Lithograph printed by Stern based on the portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler (1820)
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 10
Lithograph by J. H. Hufford? based on the portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler
Source: US-AAu
/ BGPS 37
Engraving by F. Lüderitz based on the portrait by Stieler?
/ BGPS 45
Portrait based on Stieler
/ BGPS 139
The frontispiece image in the first volume is a reproduction of the Beethoven portrait by Stieler and in volume 2 is a photograph of a Beethoven sculpture by Adolf Fremd (1853–1924).
/ BGPS 132
Authentic Portrait
Chalk drawing by August von Klöber from his pencil sketch made in 1818 (1822)
Source: D-BNba (NE 168)
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Engraved portrait by Carl Fischer based the lithograph by Theodor Neu (1842) of the original portrait by August von Klöber (1822).
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 20
Frontispiece portrait of Beethoven by Klöber with facsimile of Beethoven’s signature.
/ BGPS 127
Cover sketch based on Kloeber
/ BGPS 170
Volume 1 frontispiece is a black-and-white reproduction of Beethoven portrait by Klöber
/ BGPS 183, 198
Authentic Portrait
Engraving by Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling based on the oil painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1823)
Source: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Engraving by Flethe based on the portrait of Beethoven by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1823)
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 42, 48
Engraving by John Lynch based on the Waldmüller portrait, printed by M & N Hanhart, with caption "Ludwig von Beethoven"
Source: US-NYp
/ BGPS 59
Engraving by L. G. Sichling based on Waldmüller
/ BGPS 161
See also title pages for BGPS 117
/ BGPS 117
Authentic Portrait
Engraving by Johann Stephan Decker (1824)
Reproductions in Collected Editions
Engraving based on the portrait by Johann Stephan Decker (1824) from a copy by Charles Vogt
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 3
Engraving by Joseph Steinmüller based on the Beethoven portrait by Johann Stephan Decker
/ BGPS 6
Lithograph by Engelmann based on the portrait by Stefan Decker (1824) with a facsimile of Beethoven's signature
Source: F-Pn?
/ BGPS 11
Lithograph printed by M & N Hanhart based on the portrait by Stefan Decker (1824)
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 14
Lithograph by Formentin & Cie? based on the portrait by Stefan Decker (1824) from a copy by Charles Vogt
Source: D-BNba (B 50)
/ BGPS 24
Lithograph by Joseph Kriehuberg based on the portrait engraving by Stefan Decker (1824), with a facsimile of Beethoven’s signature
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 33
Two Versions of the Portrait Engraving by Carl Meyer
Version 1 of engraving by Meyer
Source: D-BNba
/ BGPS 13
Version 2 of engraving by Carl Mayer
/ BGPS 53, 75
Original Portrait
Engraving by August Weger
Source: US-SJb
/ BGPS 76
Versions of the Portrait Engraving by August Weger
Portrait based on Weger engraving with facsimile of Beethoven's signature
/ BGPS 77
Portrait based on Weger; lacks facsimile of Beethoven's signature
/ BGPS 122
Portrait based on Weger
/ BGPS 82
Original Portrait
Oil painting by Carl Jaeger
Versions of the Portrait based on Carl Jaeger
Portrait based on Jaeger
/ BGPS 147
Portrait based on Jaeger
/ BGPS 159
Portrait image based on Jaeger
/ BGPS 69
Cover image of Jaeger portrait
/ BGPS 123
Portrait image based on Jaeger
