Van Halen - Panama

Most likely, the artist discussed with Beethoven the composition of the portrait, which turned out to be very accurate (face, figure, outfit), and allegorical. Mailer wrote Beethoven without embellishment, without idealizing his common people’s face and without making a more gracefully built-up figure. At the same time, the composer was dressed and combed in the latest fashion of the time, emphasizing elegant simplicity and even some brutality in a man's image. A snow-white fular is tied around a proudly raised neck, a dark tailcoat is devoid of any jewelry, a silver vest, tight-fitting gray trousers and dandy boots with lapels.