Important British Paintings (1500-1850)

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Lot 101
  • 101

William James Müller 1812-1845

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Description

  • William James Müller
  • View of Florence and the River Arno from St Miniato
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 13th July 1994, lot 119 where acquired by the present owner

Literature

N. Neal Solly, Memoir of the Life of William James Muller, 1875, p.332;
Cyril G.E. Bunt, The Art and Life of William James Muller, 1948, p.95

Catalogue Note

Muller made a tour of the continent in 1834 in the company of his fellow painter, George Arthur Fripp.  Having spent nearly two months in Venice, Muller arrived in Florence on 27th November, but had departed for Rome by the end of the month.  Solly records that Muller was absorbed by the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi and that there was little time for sketching in those few days.  However, 'A large Picture of Florence' is recorded among his 'Principal Oil-Pictures'.