{"product_id":"beethoven-bronze-cast-of-franz-klein-life-mask","title":"Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN Bronze Franz Klein LIFE MASK Replica Cast Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eBronze cast of the life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven originally sculpted by Franz Klein.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe original mask was created as a life mask in 1812\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e by the Viennese sculptor Franz Klein.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e It was cast while the legendary composer was alive at age 42, rather than after his passing, making it a remarkably accurate representation of his actual facial features. More information below. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWhile the primary 1812 plaster cast is preserved at the Beethoven-Haus museum in Bonn, this is a museum quality bronze replica casting mounted on wood stand, artist unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMeasures 12\" tall x 6\" wide x 6\" including stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMask measures 10\" x 6\" x 4\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBeethoven's friends and patrons, the Viennese piano makers Nannette and Johann Andreas Streicher, commissioned Klein to create a realistic bust of Beethoven for their concert hall. Klein invited Beethoven to sit for the casting, and he agreed. Klein first coated Beethoven's face with oil and applied wet plaster, while Beethoven breathed only through two small tubes in his nostrils. The first attempt failed when Beethoven panicked and tore the setting plaster away. The second attempt succeeded and produced the only true life mask of his features. From that mold, Klein created busts of Beethoven, adding hair, eyes, and clothing in clay over the strictly documentary facial cast, and 19th-century copies in plaster and bronze spread through Europe's collections. Today, casts from this original life mask are preserved in institutions throughout the world, where it is treated as one of the most authentic visual records of the composer's face in his early forties. The musicologist H. C. Robbins Landon went so far as to call the mask \"without any question, the most important documentary evidence of Beethoven's features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10869-28\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Vault by Gary Germer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612009095344,"sku":"10869-28","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/5343\/1203\/files\/IMG_0566_ca6b51a3-def7-4adc-a272-e1ed46143672.png?v=1790455674","url":"https:\/\/shop.garygermer.com\/products\/beethoven-bronze-cast-of-franz-klein-life-mask","provider":"The Vault by Gary Germer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}