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Maquette for Beethoven
(c. 1890)
Medium
plaster
Measurements
35.7 × 20.2 × 25.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously through The Art Foundation of Victoria, 1994
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Germany
Accession Number
S1-1994
Department
International Sculpture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
A maquette of the fragmentary (seated) nude torso of Beethoven, this being the central (white marble) section of the monument to the composer now in the collection of the Leipzig Museum.
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