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View of Douai
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: "No 26"; center, in graphite: "Douai/ par van der Meulen"; lower center, in pen and black ink: "L’inscription ci dessus/ “de Douay 64.” est de la/ main de van der Meulen"; lower center, in pen and black ink: "No 26 and Vue de Douai/ par A. F. van der Meulen/ 1632–1690/ Lh. Eggiman"; lower right, in pen and black ink: "Vente Delteil 30 Mars 1916/No 252/ Vue de Douai par / van der Meulen"
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present, Sept. 12–Oct. 31, 1999, no cat. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 264, 267 (ill.), 305, 333 (ill.), cat. 109, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Adam Frans van der Meulen / Flemish, 1632-1690
- Date
- 1667–70
- Medium
- Graphite, with watercolor, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 × 41.4 cm (11 15/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- Flanders
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Margaret Day Blake Endowment
- Accession no.
- 1992.134
Provenance
Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 30, 1916, lot 252 to Charles Eggiman (1863–1948) [stamp (Lugt 530), recto, lower left and verso, lower center, in black]. Sold by Bruno de Bayser, Paris, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
More by Adam Frans van der Meulen in museum collections
Louis XIV at the Siege of Douai, Seen from the South-East (July 1–6, 1667)
Adam Frans van der Meulen17th century · Drawing
Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21–25, 1667)
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00005464
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