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William James Müller, British 1812–1845- Three Sketches for the 'Age of Francis I': Sketch for...
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William James Müller,
British 1812–1845-
Three Sketches for the 'Age of Francis I': Sketch for...
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Lot 395
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William James Müller,
British 1812–1845-
Three Sketches for the 'Age of Francis I': Sketch for the Frontispiece; Sketch of a Church Interior at Fontainebleau; and Sketch of a Church Interior;
each pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper, the first 39.8 x 27.6 cm., the second 40.4 x 27.1 cm., the third 40.3 x 27.3 cm., three (3).
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 25 July 1972, lot 140 (the second and third).
with Gallery Thirty Three, Sussex (the second and third).
Private Collection, UK.
Note:
The present watercolours resulted from Müller's travels to France in 1840, which inspired a series of sketches of the architecture that he saw. Twenty-five of these were then lithographed and published, under the title 'Müller's Sketches of the Age of Francis the First', in 1841. A strikingly similar version of the present 'Sketch for the Frontispiece to the 'Age of Francis I'' is in the collection of the Tate [N02364], whilst another interior scene of Fontainebleau is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum [P.72-1930].
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