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Summary

Johann Georg Edlinger: Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Artist



Description	Austrian portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1 March 1741	15 September 1819
Location of birth/death	Graz	Munich
Authority file	: Q874569 VIAF: 18017230 ISNI: 0000000066754498 ULAN: 500023536 LCCN: n86142226 WGA: e/edlinger WorldCat

Title

German:

Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

So-called "Edlinger Mozart". The authenticity of this portrait has not been proven. The painting's history from its origin until 1934 is still a matter of ongoing research. It is uncertain, however, if this part of its history can ever be clarified. Despite of this problem, the painting has attracted much attention because of its high artistic quality and because of being a strong candidate for the last portrait of the composer.

Depicted people

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Date

presumably 1790 in Munich (Germany)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 80 cm (31.4 in)

; width: 62.5 cm (24.6 in)

Collection

Gemäldegalerie

	Native name	Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
	Parent institution	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
	Location	Bezirk Mitte von Berlin , Germany
	Coordinates	52° 30′ 31″ N, 13° 21′ 53″ E
	Established	1830
	Website	smb.museum
	Authority file	: Q165631 VIAF: 139597962 ISNI: 0000000120974783 LCCN: n94003740 OSM: 3626233 GND: 806975-X WorldCat

Accession number

2097 (Gemäldegalerie)

Exhibition history

Notes

The state of research on December 3, 2006, was as follows:

Schenk (1981) identified the painting as a work of Edlinger.
Michaelis and Seiller (2000) reported empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis that the portrait shows W.A. Mozart.
Bauer (2005) published some archival material to support his hypothesis that the portrait might show the Munich merchant and city councillor Joseph Anton Steiner.
Braun and Michaelis (2006) reported evidence challenging the hypothesis by Bauer (2005) [1].

See also: face only and face on the Bolognia portrait of Mozart

References

Bauer, Richard. Der "Berliner Mozart" - Notwendiger Widerspruch gegen eine Weltsensation. Acta Mozartiana 2005 [2].
Michaelis, Rainer, and Seiller, Wolfgang. Ein unbekanntes Bildnis Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts in der Berliner Gemäldegalerie. Mozart-Jahrbuch 1999 des Zentralinstitutes für Mozartforschung der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. Bärenreiter, Kassel, 2000, 1-12.
Michaelis, Rainer. Das Mozartportrait von Johann Georg Edlinger (1741-1819) in der Berliner Gemäldegalerie. In: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Ed.), Das Mozartportrait in der Berliner Gemäldegalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 2006a, pp. 9-18.
Michaelis, Rainer. Das Mozartportrait in der Berliner Gemäldegalerie. In: Keller, P., Kircher, A. (Eds.), Zwischen Himmel und Erde - Mozarts geistliche Musik: Catalogue incl. CD, 256 pages. Verlag Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2006b, pp. 70-74.
Schenk, Rolf. Der Porträtmaler Johann Georg Edlinger. Monographie und Werkskatalog, Uni-Druck, München 1983, ISBN 3-87821-181-3, zugl.: München Univ. Diss. 1981.
Hagedorn, Volker (2005). "Ist es Mozart oder nicht?", Die Zeit, 2005-06-09

Source/Photographer

http://agitetur.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/how-did-mozart-die-in-140-ways/

Licensing

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