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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 315 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCIS See also:VAN DER See also:MEULEN (1634–1690)  , Flemish painter, See also:born in See also:Brussels, was called to See also:Paris about 1666 by See also:Colbert, at the instance of Le Brun, to fill the See also:post of See also:battle painter to See also:Louis XIV . His paintings during the See also:campaigns of See also:Flanders (1667) so delighted Louis that from that date See also:Van der See also:Meulen was ordered to accompany him in all his expeditions . In 1673 he was received into the See also:French See also:Academy, attained the grade of councillor in 1681, and died full of honours in Paris in 169o . He is best represented by the See also:series of twenty-three paintings, mostly executed for Louis XIV., now in the Louvre . The show that he always retained his Flemish predilections in point of See also:colour, although his See also:style was modified by that of the French school .

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