MÜLLER, Emilio (The Artist’s Oldest Brother)

Description:
Bust-length facing right, with a thin beard. Oil on canvas, visible surface 19.1/4″ x 13.3/4″ (48.3 cm x 34.7 cm).

Location:
Private Collection, Switzerland.

Provenance:
The Misses Iva, Doris & Ines Müller, Andermatt, Switzerland.

The sitter aged around 35.

Emilio Müller (13 December 1857 – 15 October 1899) was the oldest of Alois and Genovefa Müller’s nineteen children. The sitter died in Santiago in Chile.

This portrait was painted about the same time as the portrait of Felice Lombardi, c. 1880-81.