Name: Beethoven Life Mask - Item #258
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SKU: 84975275032
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Beethoven Life Mask - Item #25810. 5 Inches High x 7 Inches Wide x 5. 5 Inches Deep In 1812, Austrian sculptor Franz Klein (1779 1840) made a life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven, the famed German composer who lived from 1770 to 1827. Beethoven was 42 years old when he had the plaster cast taken of his face. The sculptor created the mask in preparation for a bust commissioned by Beethovens friends the piano manufacturers Andreas and Nannette Streicher for their concert hall. Masks of

'" National Gallery of Art

1911 Catalog ID # - 21011

12 Inches High x 10 Inches Wide

shown in profile

1911 Catalog ID # - 9616 (Youth) and 9617 (Girl)

some artworks depict Omphale with a lion skin and/or a club

Origin: The Island of Melos

The statue is widely believed to be a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze original of a Greek goddess

In the remaining bust

A stylized head resembling the sculpture of Ancient Egypt

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