Letter to Franz Oliva from Mödling, Austria
correspondent
Ludwig van Beethoven
(Bonn, Germany, 1770 - 1827, Vienna)
Date15 June 1819
Place MadeMödling, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.001866
eMuseum ID726441
EmbARK ObjectID28583
Other NumberU1w66
TMS Source ID12174
Last Updated9/17/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesBEETHOVEN, L. V., & SONNECK, O. G. T. (1927). Beethoven Letters in America. Fac-similes with commentary by O.G. Sonneck. Beethoven Association, New York. P.92-102.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (recto, bottom): Mödling & Wien [illegible] d. 15 Juni 1819 / Beethoven
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Theodore Franklin Dwight for $49.00 on 26 August 1893.
Ludwig Johann Passini
late 19th century - early 20th century
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
late 19th century
Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariaat
1909
Evelina van Millingen Pisani
21 September 1892
