Battle horse - fury, death & wounds - van der Meulen

 Salvete Omnes,

 

more horses by the Flemish artist  Adam Frans van der Meulen - in the theme of war and death and wounds. - 

and some detailed close-ups of war horses in fury and death  'corralled' from the artist's  wiki commons gallery - 

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Van der Meulen - equine war casualities prints

 Salvete Omnes,

 

Today this quick entry -
amazing prints from the atelier of Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish painter at the court of Louis XIV, the king of France.

the precision of his observations is wondrous (in this post I attached a photo o a horse killed in 1939, you can compare and contrast )-

 

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Old Polish costume - Queen Marie Therese of France with her son

Salvete Omnes
another short entry -
I would like to bring to your attention and invite you to take a look at this wonderfully rendered portrait of the Her Majesty Queen of France Marie Therese (1638-1683), queen-consort to Louis XIV (1643-1715), and their son Louis Le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711),  dressed in Old Polish costume, about two years since the queen bore their son.
 The wedding of the royal couple was a great event between the Bourbon court and Spanish Hapsburg court, among other it was celebrated in many artworks, including prints, eg here they are portrayed together, or this entry into Paris).

Luis' birth was celebrated with the grand carousel, or a very courtly and sumptous equestrian display - perhaps in my next post I will point you to a number of prints produced in association with this equestrian parade.

In this painting Marie Therese and little Louis were dressed up for a masquerade party where participants were dressed as Polish nobles.
More detail - queen and son


 Louis alone, in his little Polish noble costume with a miniature war-ax



and finally a small print of Marie Therese on horseback


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