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445 - Adam Frans VAN DER MEULEN (1632–1690), detail from
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Adam Frans VAN DER MEULEN (1632–1690), detail from Battle of Cavalrymen in a Landscape Oil on canvas H_51 x W_60 cm (Restored, re-stretched) Adam Frans van der Meulen was one of the painters closest to the seat of power under Louis XIV. Brought to France around 1664 at the initiative of Colbert and Charles Le Brun, he became the visual chronicler of the king’s military campaigns, accompanying him into the field to depict sieges, battles, and triumphal entries. His paintings and tapestry cartoons, produced at the Gobelins, contributed directly to royal propaganda by presenting a glorious image of the reign. He ran a busy studio, where assistants helped him execute landscape backgrounds, troops, and details in his vast compositions. Among his principal collaborators were his brother, Pieter van der Meulen; Jean-Baptiste Martin, known as “Martin des Batailles”; and Sauveur Le Conte, who succeeded him at the Gobelins Manufactory and was tasked, upon his death, with completing all his unfinished compositions. Joseph Parrocel, and after him his son Charles, also helped to spread his style.
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