G. D. Glikman. Portrait of Beethoven. Plaster, metal base, tinting, varnish. The sculptural portrait was made or repeated by the author from the portrait of Beethoven, created by Glikman in Leningrad in 1939. The sculpture was presented by the author to Shostakovich in the early 1970s, before Glikman's emigration. Beethoven is one of Dmitri Shostakovich's favorite composers.