Adam-Frans van der MEULEN (Brussels, 1632 - Paris, 1690) Two scenes of cavalry clashes Pair of oils on copper One signed 'VMEULEN.F' and the other 'A.F.V. MEULEN.F..' lower centre Dimensions: 17 x 22.5 and 17 x 23 cm Two scenes of cavalry clashes, oils on coppers, a pair, signed, by A.-F. van der Meulen 6.69 x 8.85 and 6.69 x 9.05 in. Provenance: Collection of Cardinal Fesch (1763-1839) (probably the paintings mentioned in the death inventory of Cardinal Fesch drawn up in 1839: fol. 238 v. n° 3511 and n° 3512: Quadri Due in tavola alti pollici sette, larghi pollici nove rappresentanti Paese con Battaglie Scudi Trenta 30) ; His sale after death, second and third part, Rome, Palazzo Ricci, 17-18 March and 24 March 1845, no. 145 and 146 (bought by Warneck); Collection Jean-Jacques-Joseph Leroy d'Etiolles (1798-1860); Sa vente, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Escribe, 21 and 22 February 1861, no. 69 and 70; Collection d'Aoust, according to an indication on the reverse; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Catalogue des tableaux composant la galerie de son feu éminence le cardinal Fesch, Rome, 1841, no. 320 and 321 Our two paintings come from the collection of Cardinal Fesch and are described in detail in the catalogue of his death sale of 1845. Cardinal Fesch owned several paintings by Adam-Frans van der Meulen. The 1845 catalogue states that six paintings, including ours, may have come from the cabinet of Alexandre-Louis Hersant-Destouches (1731-1795), fermier général, intendant to the Countess of Artois and régisseur des aides and secretary to the King. Adam-Frans van der MEULEN (Brussels, 1632 - Paris, 1690)