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Bad Godesberg
Stadt Bonn
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Rheinaue

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonn 1770 - Wien 1827
German composer and pianist
(Wikipedia)

Peter Breuer & Friedrich Diederich
1919(1938)

Description

Granite statue of Beethoven slumped in an easy chair.

Annotation

Executed by Diedericht after Breuer's death.

Bad Godesberg - Ludwig van Beethoven

Sculptors

Peter Christian Breuer (Köln 1856 - Berlin 1930), German sculptor (Wikipedia).
Friedrich Diederich, German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Beethoven-Denkmal (Bonner Rheinaue).
Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste der Beethoven-Denkmäler.
Sibylle Einholz, Peter Breuer (1856-1930): ein plastiker zwischen Tradition und Moderne. Freie Universität Berlin, 1984. Kat.Nr. 72.

Locatie (N 50°42'39" - E 7°8'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw469; Photograph: 15 September 2015
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