Half-lenght portrait slightly to the left
LUDWIG V.BEETHOVEN - GEB.17 DEC. 1770 + 1827
Sheet of paper with indication of Beethoven's opuses: FIDELIO / SONATEN / QUARTETTEN / SYMPHONIEN / MISSA SOLEM / NIS / LIEDER lies upon laurel twigs. lyra and cornucopia
ZU DEUTSCHLANDS SÄCULARFEIER VON BEETHOVEN'S GEBURTSTAGE 1870 [Germany's secular Festival of Beethoven's Year of birth 1870]