Mozart portrait 480 million yen successful bid Paris 29 November 22:57
A precious portrait of Mozart, who died at the age of 35 years old, was exhibited at an auction in Paris, France, and was awarded for about 480 million yen. The portrait is drawn with a musical score that may be Mozart's work that is only known in this picture, and has attracted the attention of experts.
France Auctioned in Paris in 1770, a portrait of a 13-year-old Mozart painted by an Italian painter, Mozart wearing a red frock coat and a white-haired wig headed to the piano. The figure of sitting is drawn.
Mozart was performing music concerts in various places while studying music in Italy at the time, and this painting is said to have been drawn several days after the organ concert in Verona, northern Italy.
There are only four portraits drawn while Mozart was alive, and this portrait is one of them.
The winning bid was initially expected to be between 800,000 euros and 1.2 million euros, but at the auction on the 27th, it was sold for 4 million euros, much higher than expected, and approximately 480 million yen in Japanese yen. .
The portrait is drawn with a musical score that may be Mozart's work known only in this picture, and is attracting the attention of experts all over the world.