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Life mask
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BBD a10007982
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FF Free-floaters
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May subdivide by: Locations; Provenance; Reproductions
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Plaster cast of Beethoven's face created in 1812 by Franz Klein as preparation for his plaster bust of the composer. The earliest known copies of the mask are located at the Historiches Museum der Stadt Wien and the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn (Steblin, "Beethoven's Life Mask of 1812 Reconsidered")
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Appearance
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Bronze cast (Stuck)
 
Sculpture (Klein)--1812