Only Connect - Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Joseph Joachim

How are these sitters connected?

 Ludwig van Beethoven by Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling, after Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1823) NPG D13759

Joseph Joachim by Sir Leslie Ward published in Vanity Fair 5 January 1905 NPG 4930

The connection
Twelve-year-old Joseph Joachim attained fame and status following his 1844 London debut performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn.

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Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Nicolo Pagnini

Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Richard Cosway

Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Thomas Eliot

Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Wolfgang Mozart

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