A rectangular paper and textile collage of Mozart and his family

PROBABLY FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details

A rectangular paper and textile collage of Mozart and his family
Probably French, late 18th century

Under glass and in a parcel-gilt wooden frame.
Very minor losses; some discoloration.
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Sadie ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, London, 1980, XII, p. 681, fig. 3.

Lot Essay

The present lot is copied from the celebrated group of the young Mozart playing the piano with his father, Leopold, playing the violin, and his sister Maria Anna (Nannerl) singing, by Louis Carogis, called Carmontelle. The watercolour, of which no less than eight autograph versions are known (Grove, loc.cit., for a reproduction of the example in the British Museum), is presumed to date from 1763-1764, when the young prodigy took Paris by storm.

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