Anton Müller (before 1752–after 1757)
• Was a Danish painter.
• He must have learned to paint at an early age and came into contact with influential patrons.
• During 1750 he was able to travel to Paris.
• In 1752 he and Johannes Wiedewelt were the first two to receive a royal travel grant of 400 rdl. annually for training.
• In Paris he worked for F. Boucher.
• In 1754 he travelled through Lyon, Marseilles, Livorno, Florence, Bologna and Siena, eagerly occupied along the way, to Rome.
• In 1756 he converted to Catholicism and is said to have died, at a high date, as a monk in a monastery.
• In 1753 the king bought his various pictures.
• He seems to have been a very unappealing character.
• The Danish legation priest in Paris mentions him as the "liederliche M.", and J. Wasserschlebe says that he was a "mauvais sujet" who not only published copies of his original works, but is even said to have falsified recommendations.
• J. J. Winckelmann in Rome speaks of the "miserable M."
• Be that as it may, Denmark lost in him probably the most important painting talent of its time.
