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Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni

Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni (Cles in Tyrol, 1721 – Salzburg, 1782) was an Austrian painter who is believed to have painted several portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family: "The Boy Mozart" (1763), his sister Maria Anna Mozart in "Nannerl as a Child" (1763) and a portrait of their father Leopold Mozart (c. He arrived in Salzburg, Austria in the 1740s and first wanted to paint Wolfgang and Nannerl. His protégé, Johann Nepomuk della Croce, painted a Mozart family portrait in 1780. • Illustration — "Boy Mozart" • Illustration — Portrait of Leopold Mozart • Illustration — "Nannerl as a child"

Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni

Painting commissioned by Leopold Mozart. Mozart is six years old. Both children are in court costumes given to them in 1762 at the Imperial Court in Vienna. The painter executed these by first painting the surroundings and clothing, and only then having the children pose.

Possibly Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni · http: Portrait owned by the Mozarteum, Salzburg · Public domain

Born
1721 · Cles.
Died
1782 · Salzburg.
Occupation
painter · composer · artist
Fields
portrait

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Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni (Cles in Tyrol, 1721 – Salzburg, 1782) was an Austrian painter who is believed to have painted several portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family: "The Boy Mozart" (1763), his sister Maria Anna Mozart in "Nannerl as a Child" (1763) and a portrait of their father Leopold Mozart (c. He arrived in Salzburg, Austria in the 1740s and first wanted to paint Wolfgang and Nannerl. His protégé, Johann Nepomuk della Croce, painted a Mozart family portrait in 1780. • Illustration — "Boy Mozart" • Illustration — Portrait of Leopold Mozart • Illustration — "Nannerl as a child"

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