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Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORé DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
Drawing room in George Sand's country house in Nohant, where she entertained contemporary writers and friends and where she spent several summers with her lover, Frederic Chopin.
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Drawing room in George Sand's country house in Nohant, where she entertained co...

Writing desk in George Sand's study in Nohant, a pencil sketch of Frederic Chopin by Eugene Delacroix and the manuscript of George Sand's popular novel "Spiridion"
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Writing desk in George Sand's study in Nohant, a pencil sketch of Frede...

Two coaches from the 1850s, in a courtyard in Paris, marking a last meeting between the estranged lovers George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
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Two coaches from the 1850s, in a courtyard in Paris, marking a last...

Two coaches from the 1850s, in a courtyard in Paris, marking the last meeting between the estranged lovers George Sand and Frederic Chopin.
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Two coaches from the 1850s, in a courtyard in Paris, marking the la...

Frederic Chopin's death mask and a plaster cast of his hand, on a table in the apartment where he died of tuberculosis in 1849. The Vendome column outside the window is reflected in the mirror.
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Frederic Chopin's death mask and a plaster cast of his hand, on a table...

Ludwig van Beethoven's organ-desk.
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Ludwig van Beethoven's organ-desk.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Amati violin on the piano in his house in Bonn.
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Amati violin on the piano in his hous...

Furnished room with piano. On his second trip to Vienna, Beethoven began to study composition with Franz Joseph Haydn. This is a typical room of the period.
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Furnished room with piano. On his second trip to Vienna, Beethove...

The "Heiligenstadt Testament". No longer able to hear the chimes from the near-by church, Beethoven realized he was turning deaf and, in despair, made out his last will. Vienna, Heiligenstadt, 1802
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The "Heiligenstadt Testament". No longer able to hear the chimes from t...

Entrance door of the Theater an der Wien, topped by the double-headed eagle, symbol of Imperial Austria. Beneath it a small group of figures from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
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Entrance door of the Theater an der Wien, topped by the double-headed eagle, s...

Manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony "Eroica", and his hearing aid, an ear trumpet.
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Manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony "Eroica",...

Manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony "Eroica" and his hearing aid, an ear trumpet. Manuskript von Beethovens Dritter Symphonie, der "Eroica", und das Hoerrohr des Komponisten.
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Manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony "Eroica"...