Beethoven Frieze (plate 6, center wall): The Hostile Powers — Gustav Klimt | DiscoverArt

Beethoven Frieze (plate 6, center wall): The Hostile Powers

1901

215 × 315.5 cm (84.6 × 124.2 in)

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