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The Troops of Louis XIV before Naarden, 20 July 1672
Also titled De troepen van Lodewijk XIV voor Naarden, 20 juli 1672
Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels, 1632–1690)
1672 - 1690
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 4.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
The French army at Naarden, 20 July 1672, by Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1672. The fortress town of Naarden, a mere twenty kilometres from Amsterdam, was occupied by French troops in June 1672. But the French army were to come no closer. The Dutch opened the Zuiderzee dykes north of Naarden, flooding the countryside and so held them at bay. Naarden was retaken from the French in September 1673. This may be why Van der Meulen never completed this painting. Only the contours of the French soldiers inspecting the surroundings of the fortress are shown. In the background is Naarden, and in the distance the Zuiderzee.
