Tivoli

Details

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.)

Provenance

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.

Literature

C.G.E. Bunt, The Art and Life of William James Müller, Leigh-on-Sea, 1948, p. 108.

Exhibited

Birmingham, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, William J. Müller, 1896, no. 84, lent by Mr Arthur Sanderson.

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Lot Essay

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.

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