Beethoven (thronend). Um 1909.
Bronze with brown-green patina.
Lower center of base inscribed "Franz von Stuck" and titled "BEETHOVEN" in center of base . One of five known copies. 26.6 x 13.3 x 10.8 cm (10.4 x 5.2 x 4.2 in).
Cast by Cosmas Leyrer, Munich (with foundry mark at bottom on verso of base). [FS].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (in family possession for at least 40 years).

"The man who does not feel music, who is not touched by the harmony of sweet sounds, is good for treason, robbery and malice. Never trust any of that type." (Translation of aphorisnm above the entrance to the music salon at Villa Stuck, quote from: Ex. cat. Franz von Stuck. Die Stuck-Villa, on occasion of its reopening on March 9, 1968, Munich 1968, p. 22).