Antique Print-ARMY LOUIS XIV-CROSSING RHINE AT LOBITH-Simonneau after van der Meulen-1672

The French armies cross the Rhine at Lobith on June 12th 1672. In the foreground King Louis XIV on horseback. At right skirmishes with a Holland army division.

Engraved by Charles Louis Simonneau (1629-1728) after Adam Frans van der Meulen. Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter specialising in battle scenes. He was active first in Brussels, where he was a pupil of Pieter Snayers, and from the 1660s onwards in Paris.

Size image: 52×95.5 cm. Printed from 3 plates attached.

Etching and engraving on hand laid paper.

Ref: FMH 2330-A

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