Beethoven, Johann van
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![Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. Whether the portrait is authentic or not is disputed, with Alexander Wheelock Thayer writing that it rests on "uncertain tradition" and it "lacks authoritative attestation".[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi/?iiif=cache%2F4597a2dc79cc1be5033085ad86756d57.tif/full/,340/0/native.jpg "Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. Whether the portrait is authentic or not is disputed, with Alexander Wheelock Thayer writing that it rests on \"uncertain tradition\" and it \"lacks authoritative attestation\".[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Wikimedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethoven%27s_parents.jpg
Basic data
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between January 1, 1739 and December 31, 1740 in Bonn
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†December 18, 1792 in Bonn
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Tenor
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Bonn
Iconography
![Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. Whether the portrait is authentic or not is disputed, with Alexander Wheelock Thayer writing that it rests on "uncertain tradition" and it "lacks authoritative attestation".[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethoven%27s_parents.jpg "Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp, allegedly depicting Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. Whether the portrait is authentic or not is disputed, with Alexander Wheelock Thayer writing that it rests on \"uncertain tradition\" and it \"lacks authoritative attestation\".[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
Documents
Biographical information from the WeGA
(Data migrated from der Gesamtausgabe des Beethoven-Briefwechsels (1996–1998); further information see there)
No biographical data found
Biography not available due to one of the following causes:
- Data will be added at a later stage
- Research of the WeGA was without success so far
- It is a well known person where enough information is available online elsewhere, see e.g Wikipedia
