Louis XIV Crossing into the Netherlands at Lobith

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…; ? collection Lord Rolle (1750-1842) and John Rolle Walter (?-1779);{According to the catalogue for the sale, Lord Clinton, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, foreword.} by descent to Margaret Rolle, baronesClinton (1709-81), Pisa; by descent to Lord Clinton;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Lord Clinton, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, foreword.} his sale, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, no. 81, £ 50, to the dealer Arnold Wiggins, London;{Copy RMA.} from whom, fl. 969.67, to the mu...

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 ...