Technique: oil + color pencil on calendered cardboard Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Below is the transcription of the text in the painting
But how humiliating it was that at my side people could hear the distant echo of a flute without my being able to tell it. These circumstances brought me to the brink of despair and I thought, more than once, to end my days at last. Only my art stopped me. Beethoven – Heiligeinstadt – 10/6/1802.