Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, née Keverich was the wife of the Bonn court musician Johann van Beethoven and the mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Her birthplace is now a museum, the Mutter
Painting by Benedikt Beckenkamp. The portrait's authenticity is disputed: Alexander Wheelock Thayer writes that it rests on "uncertain tradition" and "lacks authoritative attestation".
Birthplace of Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, née Keverich, in Ehrenbreitstein, now a museum