Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller (Paris 1815-1892 Paris)
Head of a Man in Profile
Bears Two Stamps Inscribed ‘E’ And ‘63’ In The Upper Left And Right Corners
Inscribed In Pencil In The Lower Left Corner ‘Le Jeu/ (Musee De Lille)’
Black Chalk Heightened With White On Light Blue Paper, Watermark ‘MFDT’
620 X 475 Mm. (24 3/8 X 18¾ In.)
SOLD
Provenance :
Henry Strachey.
Private Collection, England.
Müller was a student of Baron Gros and Léon Cogniet. He exhibited regularly at the Salon and was bestowed with numerous honours. He worked on four important paintings for the ceilings in the Musée du Louvre, representing the periods of art in France under Saint Louis, Francois Premier, Louis XIV and under Napoleon 1. Müller also painted eight allegories in the same scheme.
A study for a painting of Le Jeu in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille.
