17 Inches High x 10 Inches Wide x 10 Inches Deep
This life-size bust depicts Ludwig van Beethoven, the famed German composer who lived from 1770 to 1827. The sculptor, the German Hugo Hagen (1818-1871), based it off of a life mask that was taken in 1812 by Austrian sculptor Franz Klein (1779-1840) of the then 42-year-old Beethoven. There are copies of the sculpture at the château of Hradec nad Moravicí in the Czech Republic where Beethoven had been a guest of his patron, Karl Alois, 2nd Prince Lichnowsky.
Artist: Hugo Hagen
Museum/Location: Unknown
Time Period: Modern
1911 Catalog ID # – 5451 (fragment)
Sources:
“Hugo Hagen (C. 1818-71) – Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress Friedrich III of Germany (1840-1901).” Royal Collection Trust, https:///resource/cph.3g09589/.
Wiesnerová, Markéta. “Beethoven and the musical history of the Château of Hradec nad Moravicí.” The Friends of Czech Heritage Newsletter, no. 11. Translated by Jana Sommerlad, Summer/Autumn 2014, https:///newsletter.