Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21-25, 1667)
Medium
Black chalk, brush and gray wash. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
Dimensions
sheet: 12 x 16 7/16 in. (30.5 x 41.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number
08.227.9
Tags
BuildingsLouis XIVTreesHorses
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 ...