Frederik Muller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederik Muller

Bibliographer, book seller, and print collector who wrote a catalog of prints (22 July 1817 – 4 January 1881)

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1817

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1881

Profession: art dealer, bookseller, art historian

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Frederik Muller

  • Frederik Muller or Frits Muller (22 July 1817 – 4 January 1881) was a Dutch bibliographer, book seller, and print collector who wrote a catalog of prints he had collected in his historical atlas. Muller was born in Amsterdam as the son of the Amsterdam professor Samuel Muller and attended the university Athenaeum Illustre.
  • He went to work for his uncle Johannes Muller on the Rokin in Amsterdam, who kept a bibliopolium there.
  • In 1876 he took on Frederik Adama van Scheltema as his partner and they moved to the Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18 where they opened the auction house Frederik Muller & Co.
  • They specialized in books and prints, but after Muller died, Scheltema began to deal in oil paintings as well, which gained them international recognition as art connaiseurs.
  • Their name appears often in art provenance records. Muller died in Amsterdam.

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