Cavalry Skirmish
Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brüssel vor 1632 - Paris 1690), attr.
Lot-No. 454
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Oil/copper. 12 x 16,5 cm. On the reverse Christie's block stamp. - Provenance: Christie's, 25.10.1985, lot 51A; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - Flemish battle and landscape painter. M. was taught painting in the studio of P. Snayers in Brussels where he became member of the painter's guild in 1648. On intercession of Charles Le Brun M. was made painter to the court of Louis XIV in 1664. He painted the campaigns of the king and made designs for gobelins togethe with Le Brun. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Berlin (Alte Nat.-Gal.), New York (Metrop. Mus.) a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Adam Frans van der Meulen: Cavalry Skirmish
Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brüssel vor 1632 - Paris 1690), attr.
Cavalry Skirmish
Lot-No. 454
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Oil/copper. 12 x 16,5 cm. On the reverse Christie's block stamp. - Provenance: Christie's, 25.10.1985, lot 51A; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - Flemish battle and landscape painter. M. was taught painting in the studio of P. Snayers in Brussels where he became member of the painter's guild in 1648. On intercession of Charles Le Brun M. was made painter to the court of Louis XIV in 1664. He painted the campaigns of the king and made designs for gobelins togethe with Le Brun. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Berlin (Alte Nat.-Gal.), New York (Metrop. Mus.) a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
