Louis XIV at the Siege of Cambrai, Seen from the South-West (March 20–April 19, 1677), probably 1680s, Red chalk, over black chalk; squared in black chalk; framing line in pen and black ink, 18 1/2 × 37 9/16 in. (47 × 95.4 cm), Drawings, studio of Adam Frans van der Meulen (Flemish, Brussels 1632–1690 Paris), Flemish by birth and training, Adam Frans van der Meulen, called to Paris in 1664, owes his reputation to the battle scenes commemorating Louis XIV’s military exploits. As 'Ordinary Painter of the King’s Conquests', Van der Meulen joined the French army on its campaigns, painstakingly recording the subjugated towns on paper
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