Louis XIV Crossing into the Netherlands at Lobith, Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1672 - 1690

Identification

Title(s)

Louis XIV Crossing into the Netherlands at Lobith
Lodewijk XIV trekt bij het Tolhuis bij Lobith de Rijn over, 12 juni 1672

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3753

Description

Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk, trekt bij het Tolhuis bij Lobith de Rijn over, op 12 juni 1672. Op de voorgrond de Franse koning gezeten op een paard tussen zijn officieren. Bij de oever van de Rijn vuren kanonnen op de Hollandse troepen op de overzijde. In het midden waden de Franse legers door het water naar de overzijde.

Creation

Artist

painter: Adam Frans van der Meulen

Dating

1672 - 1690

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 103 cm × width 159 cm

Subject

What

When

1672-06-12 - 1672-06-12

Where

Lobith
Rijn

Who

Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Aug-1950

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? collection Lord Rolle (1750-1842) and John Rolle Walter (?-1779);{According to the catalogue for the sale, Lord Clinton, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, foreword.} by descent to Margaret Rolle, baronesClinton (1709-81), Pisa; by descent to Lord Clinton;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Lord Clinton, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, foreword.} his sale, London (Sotheby’s), 19 July 1950, no. 81, £ 50, to the dealer Arnold Wiggins, London;{Copy RMA.} from whom, fl. 969.67, to the museum, 1950

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Op de zeef van de tijd : een geschiedenis van Nederland
'Le passage du Rhin' door Adam-Frans van der Meulen, S. de Vries [1]
Mapping spaces : networks of knowledge in 17th century landscape painting, Ulrike Gehring, Peter Weibel, p. 268, afb. 1
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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