Adam Frans Van Der Meulen

Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632-1690 Paris) Louis XIV before Versailles in his state coach signed 'AF[linked]...F...' (lower centre) oil on panel 11 x 13¾ in. (27.9 x 35 cm.), including an addition of approx. ½ in. (1.2 cm.) to the left edge with Leonard Koetser, London. Leonard Koetser, London, Spring Exhibition, 1966, no. 29. Van der Meulen began his training under the Belgian court painter Pieter Snayers and he joined the painter's guild in his native city of Brussels in 1651. Soon his fame as a genre and history painter spread abroad and in 1662 he was called to Paris to fill the post of battle painter to King Louis XIV of France. During the campaigns in Flanders in 1667, the King was so delighted by van der Meulen's pictures that the artist was ordered to accompany Louis in all his expeditions to immortalise his military successes. In 1673 he was received into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, attained the grade of Councillor in 1681, and died full of honors in Paris in 1690. The present lot can be compared to the picture in the Musée National du Château, Versailles, which shows the arrival of Louis XIV at the old château, from the same perspective (see Emmanuel Starcky et al, A la gloire du Roi. Van der Meulen, peintre des conquêtes de Louis XIV, 1998, p. 105, no. 17).

DescEN Meulen, Adam Frans van der 1632 Brussels - 1690 Paris - attributed Battle Scene. Oil on canvas. Relined. 57 x 73.5cm. Framed. Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland. Auctioned at Menna, Cologne, Auction Nr. 65, 9.6.1934, CatNr. 903. (The Art Loss Register confirms that the painting has neither been registered as stolen nor lost. Neither is there a property claim registered for the time between 1933 and 1945.)

LOT 583 ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN BRUSSELS 1632 - 1690 PARIS CAVALRY CHARGING INTO BATTLE Black chalk with touches of red chalk, incised fortransfer; the old backing sheet inscribed in brown ink: N o 81 10,000—15,000 USD measurements measurements note 264 by 414 mm; 10 3/8 by 16 1/4 in Description Black chalk with touches of red chalk, incised fortransfer;the old backing sheet inscribed in brown ink: No 81 CATALOGUE NOTE Van der Meulen accompanied several of the campaigns of KingLouis XIV in the Low Countries between 1667 and 1673, recordingdaily military life as well as major seiges and battles. Thegreatest record of this is the famous tapestry series, L'Histoiredu Roi, designed by van der Meulen and Charles le Brun, but anumber of other paintings and prints associated with thesecampaigns are also known. The present drawing is very close to vander Meulen's battle studies made for the project, although it hasnot been connected to any known composition.

ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN (DUTCH1632-1690) Battle Scene watercolor and ink 10 x 17 3/8 in (25.4 x 44.1 cm). collector's stamp lower right corner, name of the battle appearsupper left PROVENANCE: William Hurst Collection, Turner Collection to thecollection of Alexander Gallery, NYC - currentowner

Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632-1690 Paris) Soldiers resting near a road, a town beyond signed 'A · FV MOLEN·' (lower left) and dated '16 57' (centre left, on the wagon) oil on canvas 29¼ x 39 1/8 in. (74.3 x 99.4 cm.) the reverse inscribed in Cyrillic with the Russian inventory number 'D.197 ÉEA' Pre-Lot Text THE PROPERTY OF AN AUSTRIAN COLLECTOR (lots 140, 142, 156, 160,0, 162, 162-165, 173, 201, 204, 213, 261) Provenance E.V. Romanova, Russia (according to an inscription on the reverse). Dr. Karl Hudeczek, Vienna (according to a label on the reverse).