|
Date: |
|
Description: | bound volume (65.5 x 50.5 x 5.5 cm) s. on plate b.r. "V. HB. F."; inscr. on plate b.c. "F. V. Meulen, pinx. et ex. cum privil Regis." AFTER MEULEN, Adam Frans van der; (Dutch; 1632-1690) PUB MEULEN, Adam Frans van der; (Dutch; 1632-1690) CRE HUCHTENBURGH, Jan van; (Dutch:1647-1733) 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. One of a series of ten studies of wounded horses made by van der Meulen, possibly on the battlefield, it illustrates the interest among contemporaries in his technique and inventive style. The anatomical nature of the studies would certainly have been of interest to Hunter. Huchtenburg was a fellow Flemish artist and one of a small group of engravers van der Meulen employed to copy his works. | 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: | VOLUME : HORSE : WOUNDED : BATTLE : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE PRINT : | 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 |
|
|