A Cavalry Engagement
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
8 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (21.9 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1871
Accession Number
71.96
Tags
HorsesMenLandscapes
About the Artist
Adam Frans van der Meulen · 1632–1690
Flemish painter and draughtsman, active also in France. He was the eldest son of the seven children of Pieter van der Meulen and his second wife Marie van Steen Wegen. He was baptized 11 January 1632 (the date of birth is unknown). He was known for genre and history scenes, in Brussels and in the court in Paris after 1664. He was later an adviser in the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture ...