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WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)
Lot 77

WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)

Tivoli

Fermé25 May 2022

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GBP 10,000–15,000

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WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (1812-1845)
Tivoli
signed and dated 'WMüller. /1835.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
52 1⁄2 x 36 3⁄4 in. (133.4 x 93.4 cm.)

Arthur Sanderson, by 1896.
W.M. de Zoete, Layer Breton, Kelvedon; Christie's, London, 14 May 1919, lot 5 (70 gns to Mitchell).
with Oscar and Peter Johnson, London, November 1971, as 'Tivoli near Temple of the Sibyls', where purchased for the present collection.

Note du spécialiste


Müller went on an eight-month tour through Europe to Italy in 1834 with his fellow Bristolian artist and contemporary George Fripp (1813-96), returning in 1835. This large scene of Tivoli was one of a number of canvases that he produced on the subject on his return.