Composed in Paris in 1778. Notably, Mozart composed a total of four sets of variations for piano in this year.

The theme has an "a-b-a" phrase structure, with each section consisting of four measures. In this set of variations, it would be more appropriate to describe the process as the graceful theme being embellished from the first variation onwards, rather than as rhythmic variations that subdivide note values. And in this manner, after various embellishments have been applied, the entire work concludes with a restatement of the theme.