The Beethoven monument on the Münsterplatz in Bonn

Stunz, C.

Schallenberg, Johann Georg (1810–1894) (after a work of)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1857
Height:
26.1 cm  (10 1/4 in.)
Width:
18.7 cm  (7 3/8 in.)
image 15.7 × 11.7 cm
Technique / Medium:
steel engraving
Place of creation:
Darmstadt (Deutschland)

    Item location

  • Zdravko Blažeković, New York

  • Beethoven-Haus (Bonn)
    [Museum inv. no.: B 2100 and B 923]

Description

The bronze statue of Beethoven was created in 1845, by the German sculptor Ernst Julius Hähnel (1811–1891), and its unveiling was on 12 August 1845, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the composer's birth. This lithograph was produced on the basis of a photograph by the German-Swiss lithographer, photographer and portrait painter Johann Georg Schallenberg (1810–1863). The image was published by "Verlag v. C. Koehler jr. Darmstadt."

People as subjects

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) (Composer portrait)

Iconclass

25I152(+1)
monument, statue (+Bonn with figure of Beethoven)

RIdIM images


Zdravko Blažeković, New York

Image URLs

image link 2
Data at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
image link 3
Beethoven-Haus Bonn data and image of B 923
image link 4
Beethoven-Haus Bonn data and image of B 2100

Bibliographic references

Alai, Fariba Joubine. Beethoven glorified in statues (London: Homa, 2000) 76 p. ISBN 9780953810901. RILM 2000-46855.

Schmitt, Michael. Die illustrierten Rhein-Beschreibungen: Dokumentation der Werke und Ansichten von der Romantik bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts (Köln: Böhlau, 1996) cat. 156, Nr. 137. ISBN 9783412156954.

Schmoll-Eisenwerth, J. Adolf. Zur Geschichte des Beethoven-Denkmals. In: Zum 70. Geburtstag von Joseph Müller-Blattau, ed. by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling, et al (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1966) 242-277. RILM 1966-379.

Portillo, Robert. "Remembrance of Beethoven (1845)", The Beethoven newsletter VIII/2 (summer 1993) 38-45.

RIdIM record id

5013