Another goof

Rating: 8/10 (6 April 2008)

When the servant girl shows Salieri into the Mozart residence in the latter's' absence in conformance to Salieri's instructions, a picture (the lower of the two)of fellow Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn, for whom each held genuine affection and friendship, is shown on the entry hall wall to the left, easily seen as Salieri stands at the entryway about to come in. Since this scene is happening sometime in the early-to-mid 1780's, Haydn, born in 1732, would not have aged to the extent shown in the portrait, and in fact, it appears to be a copy of the one painted by John Hoppner, dating from 1791, substantially later than the time of the scene.