'L'armee du prince d'orange deffaite devant mont cassel par l'armee du Roy commandee par Monsieur Duc d'Orleans (William of Orange's army defeated, Cassel)' from volume "Oeuvres de Vandremeulen [SIC]"

bound volume (65.5 x 50.5 x 5.5 cm) s. on plate b. r. "R. Bonnart, Sculp."; French inscr. on plate b. l. "L'armee du Prince d'orange defaite devant mont-cassel par l'Armee / du Roy, commandee par Monsieur le Duc d'Orleans, en i677. / Dessine sur le naturel , et peint dans le Grand Escalier du Chateau de Versailles, par F. Vander Meulen."; Latin inscr. on plate b.r. "Exercitus principis auriaci ad castellum morinorum a duce Aurelianensi si coesu fugatus que, anno 1677 / Ad Verum delineatus, et pictus ad latus maiorum scalarum Regioe Versaliensis, per F. Vander Meulen. CRE BONNART, Robert; (French; 1652-1729) 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 a battle between the French and the army of William of Orange at Cassel. The French victory under the Duke d'Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, was an important one in their campaign to take the Spanish Netherlands. Van der Meulen used a small group of engravers to copy his works, including his pupil, French draughtsman Robert Bonnart.

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Hunterian Items

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2898081

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'L'armee du prince d'orange deffaite devant mont cassel par l'armee du Roy commandee par Monsieur Duc d'Orleans (William of Orange's army defeated, Cassel)' from volume "Oeuvres de Vandremeulen [SIC]"

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