Pictures of Beethoven

[Megan]

I think Beethoven is the twin of this nice guy!!

Sorry I don't know how I can get the picture larger in here, I've never done it before.

Yes, I agree Fanny,
This is quite a good likeness .

[Fanny del Rio]

I think Beethoven is the twin of this nice guy!!

Sorry I don't know how I can get the picture larger in here, I've never done it before.

[Phil Leeds]

I like that one too Hollywood. Looks a lot like an actor in Sense and sensibilty currently being shown on BBC.

I think the face mask will be the best representation but with out the detail of his eyes, hair etc, it is difficult to imagine the "person". I like one by Karel le Dake (sorry I can't seem to paste it in here) which has good detail of his pot-marked face and his eyes are just how I imagined they would have been.

[Peter]

Undoubtedly the best representation is the face mask and bust by Klein from 1812.

[Michael]

Looks like Timothy Dalton

[Hollywood]

This portrait by Christian Horneman is my favorite one and I had a copy of it painted in oils done back in the 1970s (which hangs proudly on my living room wall):

[Phil Leeds]

When I see the numerous paintings and sketches of Beethoven, I am amazed how different he looks in some of them - I sometimes wonder if it is the same man the artists have had in front of them.
Anyone else wondered which portrait or portraits are the best representation of what he actually looked like?