Beethoven's Gallery
Photos, Portraits, Paintings & More
Ludwig van Beethoven
c. 1783, age 13, unknown artist

1801, age 31, portrait by Riedel

1803, age 33, portrait by Christian Hornemann

1804, age 34, portrait by W.J. Mähler

1804, age 34, detail from portrait by W.J. Mähler

1811, age 41, unknown artist

1815, age 45, portrait by W.J. Mähler

1818, age 48, portrait by Jaegar

1818, age 48, sketch by August Klober

1820, age 50, portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler

1823, age 53, portrait by Waldmüller

1887, Beethoven and Goethe at Teplitz, painted by Carl Rohling

1834, Beethoven composing the Sixth Symphony, unknown artist
Miscellaneous

Beethoven's house of birth, Bonn

Kurfürstliches Schloss (Electoral Prince's Castle) in Bonn, where the Beethoven family had been active since the 1730s

Beethoven memorial Muensterplatz, Bonn,

Beethoven memorial, Vienna

Beethoven's funeral on March 29th, 1827, painting by F. Stober

Beethoven's grave, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna

A page from the Sixth Symphony manuscript

A page from the Third Symphony (Eroica) manuscript

A page from the Sonata Op. 109 manuscript

The Heiligenstädter Testament

A page from the Ninth Symphony manuscript