1775 Battle, French cavalry attack, van der Meulen del, Master Engraving

Adam François van der Meulen 1632-1690

Robert Daudet, French (1737 - 1824) 

Sheet: 26.8 x 41.5 cm

From 'Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun'

Bibliographic References:

IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (21.II)

Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (61b)

Adam Frans van der Meulen or Adam-François van der Meulen (11 January 1632–15 October 1690) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who was particularly known for his scenes of military campaigns and conquests. Van der Meulen also painted portraits, hunting scenes, paintings of chateaux and landscapes. He created designs for prints and cartoons for tapestries.

He worked in the service of the French king Louis XIV of France for whom he painted his victories, his new possessions and portraits. He was instrumental in building the propagandistic image of the French king as the 'Sun King'. His battle scenes had an important influence on the development on the genre of military painting in France.

Fine condition.