# Crossing the Rhine

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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, 49 x 11 cm

## Commentary

The artist accompanied Louis XIV in several campaigns, and recorded the military acts of the French Army. This painting depicts an episode from the war of Holland, occurring on 12 June 1672.

## Related artworks

- [Battle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/battle-re1ae1330bf2a99>)
- [Cavalry Engagement](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/cavalry-engagement-r7355de8ff30750>)
- [Construction of the Château de Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/construction-of-the-chteau-de-versailles-r2e9183ccdfd4fc>)
- [Louis XIV Arriving in the Camp in front of Maastricht](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/louis-xiv-arriving-in-the-camp-in-front-of-maastricht-r4e9b3a01a05775>)
- [Louis XIV at the Taking of Besançon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/louis-xiv-at-the-taking-of-besanon-rce509971daad9b>)
- [The Army of Louis XIV in front of Tournai in 1667](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/the-army-of-louis-xiv-in-front-of-tournai-in-1667-r5255538e94b481>)
- [The New Château at Saint-Germain-en-Laye](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/the-new-chteau-at-saint-germain-en-laye-r868656e5f48dd6>)
- [The Surrender of Cambrai](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/the-surrender-of-cambrai-r6a388117ec0a06>)
- [The Taking of the Château de Joux](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/meulen-adam-frans-van-der-r7e904d0077214d/the-taking-of-the-chteau-de-joux-r5283804abf9b0c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)