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ANTONY

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FRANCIS
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VAN DER
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MEULEN (1634–1690)  , Flemish painter,
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born in
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Brussels, was called to
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Paris about 1666 by
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Colbert, at the instance of Le Brun, to fill the
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post of
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battle painter to
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Louis XIV . His paintings during the
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campaigns of
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Flanders (1667) so delighted Louis that from that date
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Van der
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Meulen was ordered to accompany him in all his expeditions . In 1673 he was received into the
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French
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Academy, attained the grade of councillor in 1681, and died full of honours in Paris in 169o . He is best represented by the
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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
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colour, although his
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style was modified by that of the French school .

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