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| Title | View of Versailles with Louis XIV and Huntsmen | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to Meulen, Adam Frans van der (Flemish painter, draftsman, born 1631 or 1632, died 1690, also active in France) Previously attributed to Silvestre, Israël, the younger (French printmaker and draftsman, 1621-1691) |
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| Date Earliest | about 1655 | |
| Date Latest | about 1690 | |
| Description | A view of Versailles with Louis XIV and huntsmen. It has been suggested that this was originally a hawking picture and that the stag was added later, around 1725. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1966P27 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.27´66 | |
| Subject | landscape (Versailles); figure (Louis XIV, courtiers, huntsmen) | |
| Measurements | 48.3 x 69.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Miss Dora Millicent Smith 1966. | |
| Provenance | G. T. Smith of Handsworth, before 1895; by descent to G. W. Smith of Handsworth; by descent to his daughter, Miss D. M. Smith. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Paintings in Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 100. | |
| Notes | Attributed to Israel Silvestre (1621- 1691) by Jack Hampton in 1971 who suggested that it is actually a hawking picture with the stag added later in England not later than 1725. He also thought that the figures and the hounds were done by a different artist to the landscape which was probably done later. Miss Dora Millicent Smith, 19 Dallas Road, Erdington, Birmingham. |
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| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |