# Louis XIV Arriving in the Camp in front of Maastricht

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MEULEN, Adam Frans van der](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 230 x 332 cm

## Commentary

Louis XIV Arriving in the Camp in front of Maastricht c. 1675 Oil on canvas, 230 x 332 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Van Meulen accompanied Louis XIV on his military campaigns, during which he made sketches from life and then used to elaborate compositions in his studio. This canvas relates the taking of the town of Maastricht on 30 June 1673. It is one of a series of fourteen paintings the artist executed for the central pavilion of the château of Marly.

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## Attribution

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