Christie’s said Mozart’s father, Leopold, refers to the painting in a letter to his wife on January 7, 1770, in which he mentions that it was painted in two successive sittings.

Christie's said Mozart's father, Leopold, refers to the painting in a letter to his wife on January 7, 1770, in which he mentions that it was painted in two successive sittings.

The painting, which shows 13-year-old Mozart playing a harpsichord, smashed auction estimates when it went under the hammer in Paris on Wednesday.

A rare portrait of a 13-year-old Mozart will go up for auction at Christie’s Paris on November 27th and is estimated to fetch between $882,000 and $1.2 million.

The Hungarian artist Mihály Munkacsy's oil painting The last moments of Mozart (1885) is just one of several 'death-bed' visual reconstructions of the composer from the second half of the 19th and ...

The Gemaeldegalerie in Berlin recently announced the discovery of a painting depicting composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Painted in 1790 by the German artist Johann Georg Edlinger, the work is ...

Painted in 1790 by the German artist Johann Georg Edlinger, the work is probably the last portrait of the composer, according to art experts. Mozart died on Dec. 5, 1791.

Born in Salzburg in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took up residence in Vienna in 1781 where he composed his most famous works. He is generally considered to be one of the world's greatest composers.

Born in Salzburg in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took up residence in Vienna in 1781 where he composed his most famous works. He is generally considered to be one of the world's greatest composers.