Louis Carrogis Carmontelle: Portrait of Leopold Mozart with Wolfgang Amadeus and Maria Anna (1763)
(Musée Condé, château de Chantilly, Oise, France)
Another portrait of a famous composer. Depicted here is the family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The man standing is Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), the father of Wolfgang. Leopold Mozart was a composer, teacher and violinist. The young Wolfgang Amadeus himself is sitting while his sister Maria Anna (1751-1829) is standing and singing. Watercolour from 1763.