File:W A Mozart at 21c.jpg
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Summary
anonymous: "Bologna Mozart"
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| Title |
"Bologna Mozart" |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
Detail |
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| Depicted people |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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| Date |
1777 |
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| Medium |
oil |
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| Notes |
The so-called "Bologna Mozart" was painted 1777 in Salzburg (Austria) by a now unknown painter for Padre Martini in Bologna (Italy), who had ordered it for his gallery of composers. Today it is displayed in the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica in Bologna (Italy). Leopold Mozart, W. A. Mozart’s father, wrote about this portrait: „It has little value as a piece of art, but as to the issue of resemblance, I can assure you that it is perfect.” (Original text: „Malerisch hat es wenig wert, aber was die Ähnlichkeit anbetrifft, so versichere ich Ihnen, daß es ihm ganz und gar ähnlich sieht.“) Reference: Letter of Leopold Mozart to Padre Martini in Bologna from Dec 22, 1777 (MBA II, pp. 204f, No. 396). |
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| Source/Photographer | Italian School, (18th century) / Museo Civico, Bologna, Italy / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library via http://rlv.zcache.com/portrait_of_wolfgang_amadeus_mozart_after_1770_postcard-rd265adb6a28b462a8325cd8a004a2f99_vgbaq_8byvr_1024.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 23:07, 22 April 2016 | | 656 × 927 (505 KB) | wikimediacommons>Ellin Beltz | http://rlv.zcache.com/portrait_of_wolfgang_amadeus_mozart_after_1770_postcard-rd265adb6a28b462a8325cd8a004a2f99_vgbaq_8byvr_1024.jpg Full size portrait from known source. |
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