Adam Frans van der Meulen, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies

Related Category: European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies

Adam Frans van der Meulen[A´dAm frAns vAn der mOl´un] Pronunciation Key, c.1632–1690, Flemish painter of battle scenes and portraits. He was invited to Paris c.1665 and accompanied Louis XIV on military campaigns, carefully recording battles in drawings that he used as preparation for his detailed paintings and tapestry designs. All of these are now of considerable historical interest. The Metropolitan Museum has Meulen's Combat of Cavalry and Encounter of Cavalry.