Liszt at the Piano
| Liszt at the Piano | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Josef Danhauser |
| Year | 1840 |
| Type | Oil on panel, conversation piece |
| Dimensions | 122.5 cm × 165 cm (48.2 in × 65 in) |
| Location | Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
Liszt at the Piano (German Liszt am Klavier) is an 1840 oil painting by the Austrian artist Josef Danhauser.[1] A conversation piece, it depicts a group of celebrated figures of the Romantic era gathered in a Paris Salon listening to Franz Liszt performing at the piano.[2] Included in the painting are Victor Hugo, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini, Marie d'Agoult, George Sand and Alexandre Dumas.[3]
Also visible are a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven and a portrait of the British poet Lord Byron. The work was commissioned by the piano maker Conrad Graf. It as a displayed at the 1841 art exhibition in Vienna. Today the painting is in the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.[4]
References
- ^ Comini p.210
- ^ Hoppe, Kawabata & Von Goldbeck p.189
- ^ https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/968187
- ^ https://www.kunstverwaltung.bund.de/SharedDocs/Provenienzen/DE/9000_9999/9165.html
Bibliography
- Comini, Alessandra. The Changing Image of Beethoven: A Study in Mythmaking. Sunstone Press, 2008.
- Hoppe, Christine, Kawabata, Maiko & Von Goldbeck, Melanie. Exploring Virtuosities: Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, nineteenth-century musical practices and beyond. Georg Olms Verlagz, 2018.