Horneman picture
Just an observation. I have this picture on my desktop. I get a Mona Lisa vibe from it. I feel like the Master is smiling at me. Has anyone else noticed this?
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horneman picture??could someone help me...I only know the waldmuller picture by name..Originally posted by Margaretha:
Just an observation. I have this picture on my desktop. I get a Mona Lisa vibe from it. I feel like the Master is smiling at me. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Originally posted by ruudp:
horneman picture??could someone help me...I only know the waldmuller picture by name..
check it out here on the sites Gallery page Ruud,
http://www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk...regallery.htm.
click on the dates to view portraits.
1803 for the Horneman portrait.
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many thanx for that link amalie, i agree that this portrait has something enigmatic over it a sort of peaceness/calmness which you wouldn't expect..Originally posted by Amalie:
check it out here on the sites Gallery page Ruud,
http://www.kingsbarn.freeserve.co.uk...regallery.htm.
click on the dates to view portraits.
1803 for the Horneman portrait.
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This painting on ivory of Beethoven by Christian Horneman is my favorite portrait of the Maestro. I had a copy of this portrait commissioned in oil and it has a prominent place on my wall. This is a great painting and the eyes follow you around the room. Sometimes he appears to look right through you.
I live in Heiligenstadt just down the street from the house where Beethoven lived when he composed his Sym. #2 and his Testament. This Horneman portrait was painted at this time and I can look at my Beethoven painting and see how he looked when he lived in this house in my neighborhood. I love it!
"God knows why it is that my pianoforte music always makes the worst impression on me, especially when it is played badly." -Beethoven 1804.Comment
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I hadn't looked at the picture gallery yet, and certainly depicts a bright eyes and can feel he gives you his approval. It's a beautiful portait .
Check out the Ashkenazy set of Beethoven Piano Sonatas (London /Decca); the cover is a 1815 painting from Willibrod Joseph Mahler. I listen to music mainly at work and since Beethoven expression is more grief in that painting (and of course, older), I've felt a couple of times like he's saying "are you sure? come on! You shouldn't do it that way".
They could have used this Horneman portrait
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