a picture of Beethoven Ludwig van playing the piano?

Answer 1

That one muse has given you is about as good you'll find. There aren't all that many 'action' pictures of musicians before the age of photography - and Beethoven's performing days were over about 20 or so years too early for the earliest photographs.

Answer 2

well, im sorry if you wanted a photo, because the camera wasnt invented until 1841. Many portraits of Beethoven are availible, such as at http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/beetport/beetport.htm

if you want some of him playing piano, the above answers are probably all that you can find.

Answer 3

Here’s a couple that I ran across… he’s “at” the piano, “playing” would be left up to interpretation. I think the one on flickr is quite nice.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11291634@N03/1368009254/


http://www.musicwithease.com/beethoven-06.jpg

Answer 4

After a quick yahoo image search, this was the best I could find.

http://theclassicalstation.org/gifs/beethoven_poster.jpg