# Beethoven's Room

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOECHLE, Johann Nepomuk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hoechle-johann-nepomuk-rbf53005f602a4a>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Wash on paper, 258 x 210 mm

## Commentary

This drawing shows Beethoven&#39;s study in the Schwarzspanierhaus - his final residence. Hoechle&#39;s &#34;portrait&#34; of the room was made three days after the composer&#39;s death. The idea was to preserve, in visual form at least, the way Beethoven&#39;s last dwelling place had looked. In the drawing we can see one of the several versions of Beethoven&#39;s bust \(all plaster casts\) placed on the right window ledge, made by the young sculptor Anton Dietrich \(1796-1872\). No marble copy was ever realized of the plaster casts. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 6 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/beethoven/beethoven\_prometheus.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus \(The Creatures of Prometheus\), overture op. 43&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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