File:Thirteen-year-old Beethoven.jpg

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Description

Deutsch: Portrait der dreizehnjährige Beethoven, Öl auf Leinwand, Bonner Meister, ca. 1783.

Ελληνικά: Πορτραίτο του δεκατριάχρονου Μπετόβεν από άγνωστο καλλιτέχνη της Βόννης, περ. 1783

English: The painting is described thus: "Ludwig van Beethoven was recognized as a child prodigy. He worked at the age of 13 as organist, pianist/harpsichordist and violist at the court in Bonn, and had published three early piano sonatas. This portrait in oils is the earliest authenticated likeness of Beethoven."

Date

circa 1783

Medium

oil on canvas

Current location

Kunsthistorisches Museum

	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Vienna, Austria
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 13.18″ N, 16° 21′ 40.96″ E
	Established	1872-1891
	Website	http://khm.at/en

Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments

Credit line

RobertG

Source/Photographer

Photograph taken by the author of the painting in Die Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien. 2006-08-24

Licensing

Author's note: while I license the use of my photograph of this painting under GFDL and cc-by-sa-2.5, the painting itself is more than 225 years old, the artist must have been dead well over 100 years, and hence the painting itself is surely in the public domain.

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