Pieter Meulener (1602 - 1654), A Cavalry Battle Scene

Pieter Meulener
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1602 – 1654 Antwerp
A cavalry battle scene
Oil on panel : 42,5 X 66,6 cm
Signed bottom right “P.MEVLENERS.f”
The “f” stands for “fecit”, “made” in latin, next to it one might read “45” (1645)
Frame : 57,1 X 81,2 cm

Sebastiaen Vrancx, Pieter Snayers and Pieter Meulener were the best- known Flemish battle scene painters during the Eighty Year’s War.   In those days military uniforms did not yet exist; one recognized an ennemy by the colour of the sash he was wearing around his middle: red for the Spanish cavalrymen, orange and blue for the Dutch.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/battle-scenes-and-military-subjects/meulener-pieter-2025/a-cavalry-battle-scene-5382715