Leopold Carl Müller

(Dresden 1834–1892 Vienna)
In the barn, signed, dated Leopold C. Müller 1872, oil on panel, 67.5 x 53 cm, framed, (W)

Catalogued in:
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Hofheim am Taunus 1979, vol. II, 1, p. 103, no. 13.

We are grateful to Prof. Peter Jánosi for the scientific assistance. This work was created when Leopold Carl Müller was staying in Weißenkirchen. It was displayed at the Vienna World’s Fair in 1873 to great acclaim. The artist is primarily known for his numerous oriental-style depictions of Egypt, a country to which he travelled regularly from 1874 onwards, and which gave him the soubriquet of ‘Orient Müller’.