According to Mozart's 17-year-old student Karoline Pichler, the work was dedicated to another student of Mozart's, Franziska von Jacquin; Mozart and the von Jacquin family – father Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin and his youngest son Gottfried – were quite close friends. They performed house concerts together, where Nikolaus played the flute and Franziska the piano.
Mozart's 17-year-old student, Karoline Pichler, stated that the work was dedicated to another of Mozart's students, Franziska von Jacquin; Mozart and the von Jacquin family – father Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin and his youngest son Gottfried – were close friends. They frequently performed together in house concerts where Nikolaus played the flute and Franziska played the piano.