German School (19th century), Portrait of Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), oil on canvas, unsigned, canvas: 30.5"h x 25.5"w, overall (with frame): 41.5"h x 36.5"w; Provenance: Estate of Stanley Robert McCormick (Santa Barbara, CA); purchased from the Estate in 1968. Note: The McCormick family were a part of The Chicago Tribune, the investment firm William Blair & Co. and McCormick Spices. Stanley McCormick and his wife, Katherine, purchased the painting for their Montecito California home in 1896.

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