Young Mozart

Unknown (French)

Barrias, Ernest (1841-1905) (after a work of)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1909

Height:

41.3 cm  (16 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

Sevres biscuit

Place of creation:

Sèvres (France)

Additional titles

Description

Statuette represents Mozart as a young boy holding a violin in his left hand and resting it on his slightly bent left knee while touching its strings with his right hand (possibly testing its tuning).

People as subjects

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48C723
portrait of a musician

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

inscription on front of base: Mozart Enfant
(from museum web site)

RIdIM record id

5756