Meulen, ADAM (not ANTOINE) FRANÇOIS VAN DER, Flemish painter, born at Brussels, 11th January 1632 (not 1634), was appointed by Colbert in 1666 battle-painter to Louis XIV., and thenceforward accompanied that king in his military expeditions. A long series of Van der Meulen's battle-pictures hang in the Louvre. He died in Paris, 15th October 1690.
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