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