The wide-eyed 13-year-old child stares at the viewer from under a Baroque wig. At this tender age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – usually just known as Mozart – was already a professional musician. Dressed in a red gala skirt, he sits at a harpsichord and his playful melodies come to mind. The notes of this particular score have been preserved only in the 1770 painting Mozart In Verona.
“The portrait was sold at auction a few years ago for an incredible €4.6mil (RM21.56mil),” says Linus Klumpner, director of the Salzburg Mozart Museum in Salzburg, Austria.
