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A Cavalry Engagement
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A Cavalry Engagement

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

8 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (21.9 x 31.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 1871

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Adam Frans van der Meulen

1631–1690Kingdom of FranceHabsburg Netherlands

Flemish painter and draughtsman, active also in France. He was the eldest son of the seven children of Pieter van der Meulen and his second wife Marie van Steen Wegen. He was baptized 11 January 1632 (the date of birth is unknown). He was known for genre and history scenes, in Brussels and in the court in Paris after 1664. He was later an adviser in the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. Comment on works: Battles; Portraits; Views