Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Marianne" Mozart, also known by her nickname Nannerl, was a distinguished musician from Salzburg. In her childhood, she developed into an outstanding keyboard player under
Detail from Portrait of the Mozart Family, c. 1781
This portrait, by Louis Carrogis, known as "Carmontelle", was painted in Paris during the family grand tour. It shows Leopold with his violin, Wolfgang at the keyboard, and Nannerl (perhaps unusually, since her fame was as a keyboardist) singing.
Maria Anna Mozart's piano is not preserved. The maker of her instrument, Johann Evangelist Schmidt, built this instrument (perhaps of heavier construction) 20 years later in 1803.
Portrait of Marianne's husband Johann Baptist Franz Freiherr von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg. Unknown artist, third quarter of 18th century, Salzburg Museum
Anna Maria Walburga Mozart was the mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart.
Maria Anna Mozart
…material to indicate what she thought or felt about the events and people in her life. Maria Anna Mozart was born in Salzburg to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Mozart. In childhood, she bore the nickname "Nannerl", a name that is often used for her today; later on her informal first name became "Marianne". When Nannerl…
Portrait by Rosa Hagenauer [de], c. 1775
Anna Maria Mozart's birth home in St. Gilgen, now a museum
Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart as a child (1763), said to be by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a child (1763), said to be by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni