Only Connect - Ludwig Van Beethoven <> Nicolo Pagnini

How are these sitters connected?

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

Nicolo Paganini by Richard James Lane published 1831 NPG D5451

The connection
Niccolò Paganini endeavoured to purchase the parts all of Beethoven’s quartets, including the late ones, before arriving in Vienna in 1828.

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