Louis XIV at the Siege of Cambrai, Seen from the South-West (March 20–April 19, 1677)
probably 1680s
Medium
Red chalk, over black chalk; squared in black chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions
18 1/2 × 37 9/16 in. (47 × 95.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.56.1
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About the Artist
Adam Frans van der Meulen · 1632–1690
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 ...