The Troops of Louis XIV before Naarden, 20 July 1672

The Troops of Louis XIV before Naarden, 20 July 1672

SK-A-3960

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.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

painter: Adam Frans van der Meulen

1672 - 1690

olieverf op doek

• height 52 cm x width 93.5 cm
• depth 4.8 cm

purchase 1959

Public domain

…; from the dealer Henri Baderou, Paris, frs. 800,000, to the museum, 1959

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.

• Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
• Tom van der Meer, 'De waterstaat', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant, 25 (1999) nr. 2, p. 4-10.

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