RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Ruhe, Lilian
T1 The portrait painter and draughtsman Gabriel Müller (1688-1764), also known as 'Kupezky-Müller': Dedicated to his patrons, devoted to nature
JF Průzkumy památek
YR 2019
VO 26
IS 2
SP 23
OP 38
DO 10.56112/pp.2019.2.03
UL https://pruzkumypamatek.cz/en/artkey/prp-201902-0003.php
AB Gabriel Müller (1688-1764) was the son of an Ansbach court blacksmith. He was known by his alias 'Kupezky-Müller' after his master Johann Kupezky. In 1723 he followed Kupezky from Vienna to Nuremberg, where he acquired citizenship in 1734 and married in 1736. His only child was born in 1738. Many of the portraits made in Nuremberg are still known through print. Collecting shells and producing still lifes with shells earned him the nickname "Amator rerum naturalium". From ca. 1713 to 1722, Müller worked as Count Questenberg's court painter in Jaroměřice n.R. The portraits of the Count and his wife discussed here are bound by conventions but excel in liveliness. The essay ends with a survey of Müller's other work.