GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760

A young lady believed to be Nannerl Mozart (1751-1829), seated before a harpsichord with a rolled up score in her left hand, in lace-bordered pale pink dress with lace sleeves, lace choker tied with blue ribbon, pink flowers in her upswept and powdered hair; stone pillar and draped green and brown curtain with gold tassel

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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
A young lady believed to be Nannerl Mozart (1751-1829), seated before a harpsichord with a rolled up score in her left hand, in lace-bordered pale pink dress with lace sleeves, lace choker tied with blue ribbon, pink flowers in her upswept and powdered hair; stone pillar and draped green and brown curtain with gold tassel
on vellum
rectangular, 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (119 x 54 mm.), gilt-metal frame
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 1983, lot 20.
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Lot Essay

Maria Anna or 'Nannerl' Mozart was the eldest sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). A gifted musician in her own right, she was overshadowed by her brother but they had toured the capitals of Europe together as a brother and sister act. Nannerl became a piano teacher and in 1784, married the magistrate Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1736-1801) and moved to St. Gilgen. After her husband's death, Nannerl returned to Salzburg and supported herself once again by giving piano lessons. She died on 29 October 1829, and was buried in St. Peter's cemetery.

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