The second-last picture in Gallery 1

[lys]

I love it, but would anyone tell me something aboyt it, or at least please tell me who drew it?

[Peter]

Yes it's a rather nice portrait of Bettina von Brentano (1785-1859) dating from 1809 by L.E.Grimm (1790-1863). She was a friend of Goethe and introduced Beethoven to him. Her imagination was prone to invention and of the three letters Beethoven is supposed to have written to her, only one is genuine, the other two are probably by her own hand.

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