A Cavalry Charge with an Extensive Landscape
manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632 - Paris 1690)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
375 x 654 mm (14 3/4 x 25 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732176
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Cavalry Charge with an Extensive Landscape, in the manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632 - Paris 1690), circa 1700. In a wide open low hilly landscape a cavalry charges from the right and clashes with the other side in battle in the middle ground. Plumes of smoke arise from the skirmish.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632 - Paris 1690) Italian School previously catalogued as attributed to Unknown