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English: Detail of a view of Maastricht, the Netherlands, from Mount Saint Peter, in 1673. The Brussels painter Adam Frans van der Meulen followed in the train of the French troops during the Siege of Maastricht by Louis XIV. He used this sketch for his paintings of this famous siege. Here the western ramparts and the church towers of St. Servatius' and St. John's.
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Source Ach Lieve Tijd. Twintig Eeuwen Maastricht en de Maastrichtenaren, p. 296. Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle & Gemeentearchief Maastricht, 1994-1996. ISBN 90 400 0477 3
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Adam Frans van der Meulen  (1632–1690)  wikidata:Q349377
 
Adam Frans van der Meulen
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François van der Meulen, François Vandremelle, Anthony Francois vander Meulen, Antoine Francois vander Meulen
Description Flemish-French painter, court painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 11 January 1632 (baptised) 15 October 1690 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death City of Brussels Paris
Work period circa 1648-1690
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City of Brussels (circa 1648-1662), Paris (1662-1690), Dunkirk (1665), Southern Netherlands (1667), Franche-Comté (1668-1669), Low Countries (1673-May 1673), France (1673), Maastricht (1674), Southern Netherlands (April 1676-1677), Versailles (1678), Southern Netherlands (1679), Strasbourg (1681-1682)
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