Lot 14
  • 14

Leopold Carl Müller

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Leopold Carl Müller
  • An Egyptian Girl
  • stamped Leopold Carl Müller lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 47 by 28cm., 18½ by 11in.

Provenance

Probably, Estate of the artist (sale: H. O. Miethke, Vienna, March 1893)
Charles Cabos, Vienna
Kunsthandel Einer, Vienna
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1968

Exhibited

Vienna, Künstlerhaus, 50 Jahre Österreichische Malerei, 1898, no. 3957

Literature

Orient. Österreichische Malerei zwischen 1848 und 1914, (exh. cat.), Salzburg, Residenz Galerie, 1997, p. 210, no. 42, catalogued; p. 211, illustrated
Orientalische Reise: Malerei und Exotik im späten 19. Jahrhundert, (exh. cat.), Vienna, Museum Hermesvilla, 2003-04, p. 194, no. 35, catalogued; p. 195, illustrated
Harem. Geheimnis des Orients, (exh. cat.), Krems, Kunsthalle, 2005, p. 12, illustrated

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There are a couple of light horizontal scuffs in her clothing in the lower centre. Ultra-violet light reveals an even varnish and some very minor signs of retouching, notably a spot in her clothing in the lower-left quadrant of the composition and possibly a couple of thin strokes to the upper-right of her head in the background. This painting is in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a substantial gilt frame with foliate motifs.
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