The New International Encyclopædia/Müller, Johann Gotthard von

MÜLLER, (1747-1830). A German line engraver, born at Bernhausen, near Stuttgart. He at first studied under the Court painter Guibal, but, developing a talent for engraving, went to Paris in 1770, where for six years he studied under Wille. He won a number of prizes there, and was elected a member of the French Academy. 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 Louis XVI., after Duplessis. Next in importance to this is his engraving of Trumbull's &ldquo;Battle of Bunker Hill.&rdquo; On his return to Stuttgart he became professor of engraving. He was elected a member of the principal European academies, and was knighted in 1818. He engraved thirty-three plates in all, of which, besides those mentioned, the best are: &ldquo;Madonna della Seggiola,&rdquo; after Raphael; &ldquo;Saint Catharine with Two

after Leonardo da Vinci; &ldquo;Schiller,&rdquo; after the portrait by Graf; and &ldquo;Saint Cecilia,&rdquo; after Domenichino.