Adam Frans van der Meulen and Workshop
Louis XIV with his army at the Siege of Courtrai (Kortrijk) in 1667
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December 16, 02:39 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Adam Frans van der Meulen and Workshop
Brussels 1632 - 1690 Paris
Louis XIV with his army at the Siege of Courtrai (Kortrijk) in 1667
oil on canvas
unframed: 42.7 x 55.5 cm.; 16⅞ x 21⅞ in.;
framed: 53 x 65.7 cm.; 20⅞ x 25⅞ in.
Private collection, The Netherlands;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 8 May 2012, lot 70 (as workshop of Adam Frans van der Meulen).
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 8 May 2012, lot 70 (as workshop of Adam Frans van der Meulen).
Flemish painter Adam Frans van der Meulen moved from Brussels to Paris in 1664, where he was quickly appointed painter to King Louis XIV. He became well-known for painting the king's historic military campaigns and battles. Van der Meulen was responsible for producing a series of fourteen designs to be made into tapestries at the Gobelins tapestry workshop in Paris, to celebrate the early reign of the king. Courtrai, or Kortrijk, is a town in west Belgium, identifiable in this painting by the distinctive castle and the two towers of Notre Dame Cathedral. This painting is one of many versions of the king's defeat of Courtrai on 18 July 1667. Another version was sold at Christie's, Paris, on 25 June 2019.