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Van Der Meulen 1632-1690 Pair Military Maneuvers Engravings Ordered By Louis XIV, XVIIth
Pair of engravings by Adam François VAN DER MEULEN 1632-1690
Military maneuvers of the Louis XIV Armies, XVIIth cty, made by the famous official engraver and painter of the King
* "the vow of the city and the citadel of Cambrai besieged and taken by le Roy in the month of the year 1677 "
and
*" the Army of the Prince of Orange defeated in front of Mont Cassel by the Army of the Roy commanded by Monsieur Duke of Orleans in 1677 ", Dimensions 70 * 59cm
Gilded wood Style Regency "baguette" frames.
Wikipedia
Adam Frans van der Meulen or Adam-François van der Meulen[1][2] (11 January 1632– 15 October 1690) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who was particularly known for his scenes of military campaigns and conquests.[3] Snayers also painted portraits, hunting scenes, paintings of chateaux and landscapes. He created designs for prints and cartoons for tapestries.[4]
He worked in the service of the French king Louis XIV of France for whom he painted his victories, his new possessions and portraits.[2] He was instrumental in building the propagandistic image of the French king as the 'Sun King'.[5] His battle scenes had an important influence on the development on the genre of military painting in France
Military maneuvers of the Louis XIV Armies, XVIIth cty, made by the famous official engraver and painter of the King
* "the vow of the city and the citadel of Cambrai besieged and taken by le Roy in the month of the year 1677 "
and
*" the Army of the Prince of Orange defeated in front of Mont Cassel by the Army of the Roy commanded by Monsieur Duke of Orleans in 1677 ", Dimensions 70 * 59cm
Gilded wood Style Regency "baguette" frames.
Wikipedia
Adam Frans van der Meulen or Adam-François van der Meulen[1][2] (11 January 1632– 15 October 1690) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who was particularly known for his scenes of military campaigns and conquests.[3] Snayers also painted portraits, hunting scenes, paintings of chateaux and landscapes. He created designs for prints and cartoons for tapestries.[4]
He worked in the service of the French king Louis XIV of France for whom he painted his victories, his new possessions and portraits.[2] He was instrumental in building the propagandistic image of the French king as the 'Sun King'.[5] His battle scenes had an important influence on the development on the genre of military painting in France
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