Johann Gotthard von Müller (4 May 1747 in

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– 14 March 1830 in Stuttgart) was a

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line engraver.

Biography

He prepared himself for the church, but attended the academy of fine arts as well and studied under the court painter Guibal. Developing a talent for engraving, he went to

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in 1770, where for six years he studied under Johann Wille. He won a number of prizes there, and was elected a member of the

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. In 1776, Duke Charles recalled him to Stuttgart, where he taught for nine years, and whence he was summoned to Paris to engrave a portrait of

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, after

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. Next in importance to this is his engraving of Trumbull's “

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.” On his return to Stuttgart he became professor of engraving. He was elected a member of the principal

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an academies, and was knighted in 1818. He engraved thirty-three plates in all, of which, besides those mentioned, the best are: “Madonna della Seggiola,” after

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; “Saint Catharine with Two Angels,” after

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; “Schiller,” after the portrait by

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; and “Saint Cecilia,” after

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Personal life

He trained his son, Johann Friedrich as a line engraver. Friedrich went to Paris to complete his studies and mostly worked there. He executed engravings of “St. John” and “St. Cecilia” after

. After preparing in

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for the engraving of Raphael's “ Madonna di San Sisto,” he devoted the remainder of his life to that masterpiece. In 1814 he was appointed professor in the

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, but his health being impaired by

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, he retired. His works, 18 in number, were noticed favorably.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Johann Gotthard Von Artists from Stuttgart 18th-century German engravers 1747 births 1830 deaths Academic staff of State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart