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Description: | bound volume (65.5 x 50.5 x 5.5 cm) s. on plate b. r. "N. Cochin Sculp. "; French inscr. on plate b. l. "Veue de Tournay du coste du vieux Chasteau / Dessigne sur le Naturel, et peint pour le Roy tres chretien par F. VanderMeulen / Se distribue a Paris par l'Auteur en l'Hostel des Manufactures Royales des Gobelins"; Latin inscr. on plate b.r. "Prospectus Tornaci ad vellus Castellum. / Ad Verum delineatus, et pro Rege Christianissimo, pictus per F. Vander Meulen. Prostat Parisiis Apud Authorem, in Regia Artium officina, Vulgo dicta, des Gobelins, Et in via Jacobea, Cum privilegio Regis. 1685." CRE COCHIN, Nicolas; (French; 1610-1686) AFTER MEULEN, Adam Frans van der; (Dutch; 1632-1690) PUB MEULEN, Adam Frans van der; (Dutch; 1632-1690) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 112 engravings after paintings made or published by van der Meulen. A Flemish Baroque artist who specialised in horses and landscapes, he was invited to work for Louis XIV as a painter of views of royal castles, hunting scenes, processions, travels and military campaigns. Travelling with the troops and sketching on the battlefield, van der Meulen's fresh style was influential in the development of the relatively new genre of battlescapes. Following the success of his paintings recording the campaigns in Flanders he had many of his works engraved. Most were included in the remarkable collection of engravings known as the Cabinet du Roi originated with Louis XIV's minister J.B. Colbert. By 1670 these engravings were published in volumes and presented as gifts to visiting dignitaries or offered for sale. Hunter's volume, still in its late 17th century binding, is a now rare surviving example.
From a series depicting the conquests and battles of Louis XIV grouped at the front of the volume, this print depicts courtiers and soldiers on the outskirts of the town of Tournai. The French successfully took this town during the War of Devolution in which they contested Spain's claim to parts of the Low Countries. Van der Meulen used a small group of engravers to copy his works, including French printmaker Nicolas Cochin. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | TOWN : FRANCE : KING : CATHEDRAL : VIEW : MILITARY CAMPAIGN : VOLUME : LOUIS XIV : TOURNAI : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE PRINT : PROCESSION : SOLDIER : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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