French Troops before Salins and the Surrounding Hills, 1668/1670

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Medium

red chalk over black chalk surrounding red chalk counterproof, on two joined sheets of laid paper, incised overall for transfer and laid down

Dimensions

sheet: 48.8 x 132.8 cm (19 3/16 x 52 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ahmanson Foundation

Accession Number

2008.88.1

Artists / Makers

Adam Frans van der Meulen (artist) French, born Flanders, 1632 - 1690

Image Use

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Provenance

French private collection until 2004; (sale, Piasa, Paris, 19 March 2004, no. 42, as attributed to Van der Meulen); (to DidierAaron, Ltd., London); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Didier Aaron
Private Collection

Exhibition History

2009: Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 72-73, 278, no. 27 (color).

Bibliography

2010: Stein, Perrin. "French Drawings, Washington," The Burlington Magazine 102 (January 2010): 67.