Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel, Count von Waldstein (1762–1832)

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Reproduction of an anonymous oil portrait of Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein

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Exhibited: The Beethovens on the Rhine (2020). Exhibition text: Count Ferdinand Ernst Waldstein moved to Bonn from Vienna in 1788, and became a great friend and patron to Beethoven. According to Beethoven’s childhood friend Wegeler, “it was [Waldstein] who in every way possible supported our Beethoven and first appreciated his genius to the full. With his assistance the young artist developed the talent for extemporizing and improvising variations on a given theme. From him he often received financial support, bestowed with such consideration for his easily wounded feelings that Beethoven usually assumed they were small gratuities from the Elector.” Beethoven never saw Waldstein again after moving to Vienna, but he never forgot his kindness and support in Bonn, and made him the dedicatee of his Piano Sonata Opus 53 (the “Waldstein,” published in 1805).

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