Lot 815: Edouard Muller (called Rosenmuller) (1823/5-1876)

Edouard Muller (called Rosenmuller) (1823/5-1876) "The Garden of Armida": Still Life of Flowers in an Ornate Hanging Urn, the flowers consisting of roses, narcissi, poppies and other blooms, the urn hanging from a gold chain within an architectural stone grotto; Still Life of Flowers in an Ornate Hanging Urn, the flowers consisting of roses and other blooms, the urn hanging from a gold chain within an architectural stone grotto Bodycolour heightened with white, each 298cm by 134cm (a pair) Originally intended for decorating a house in Texas, U.S.A., the centre panel being lost in shipping, a similar panel "version" can be found in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris Black print wallpaper was manufactured by Jules Desfosse, Paris, 1854, Exposition Universelle 1855 See illustrations