Adam Frans van der Meulen
, Flemish, 1631/32-1690
Title
A Military Camp, Study for the Painting 'The Arrival of Louis XIV before Mäestricht, 1673'MediumRed chalk on paper
Dimensions
40 x 24.8 cm
Credit LinePresented, 1884
Object numberNGI.2189
DescriptionThis drawing relates to a battle scene Van der Meulen painted for King Louis XIV of France, now in the Louvre, Paris. Only a section of that composition is seen here and the complete drawing may have extended over several sheets. The artist produced a series of pictures commemorating the King's victories, some of which were models for Gobelins tapestries. The artist travelled with the King on a number of his military campaigns, making sketches of locations and events later used in his paintings.ProvenancePresented, Henry, 3rd Earl of Portarlington, 1884 Exhibition HistoryDrawings from the National Gallery of Ireland, Wildenstein, London/New York, 1967
Master European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983