Adam Frans van der Meulen

Adam Frans van der Meulen , 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.

Meulen, Adam Frans van der (bapt. Brussels, 11 Jan. 1632; d Paris, 15 Oct. 1690). Flemish painter and tapestry designer, active mainly in France. He moved to Paris in 1664, became an assistant to Le Brun, and was made one of Louis XIV's court painters, specializing in military scenes. He accompanied the king on his campaigns, and his paintings and designs for Gobelins tapestries are accurate historical documents of the battles they represent. His work of this type is well represented at Versailles. He also made much less grandiose pictures of such subjects as hunting parties and landscapes.

Meulen, Adam Frans van der (1632–90). Flemish painter and tapestry designer, active mainly in France. He moved to Paris in 1664, became an assistant to Le Brun, and was made one of Louis XIV's court painters, specializing in military scenes. He accompanied the king on his campaigns, and his paintings and designs for Gobelins tapestries are accurate historical documents of the battles they represent. His work of this type is well represented at Versailles. He also made much less grandiose pictures of such subjects as hunting parties and landscapes.