Officers' halt (Halte d'officiers). Ca. 1770.

After the original by A. F. van der Meulen.
Engraving, etching. 117 x 168.
The margins are cropped.
Under the image, on the left: A. F. Vandermeulen pinx.; on the right: Gravé à l'eau forte par B. A. Wieilh et termine au burin par Ingouf le Jeune.
The title of the engraving was established on the basis of a comparison with similar engravings of F. R. Ingouf kept in the British Museum (London) and Geneva Museum of Art and History (Switzerland).
Inv. G 480.
Literature: Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 11, p. 604, № 204.

Meulen, Adam Frans van der (1632, Brussels – 1690, Paris) – Flemish battle painter who worked most of his life in France; an outstanding representative of the style of Louis XIV. He wrote hunting, camps, sieges, battles and, with special excellence, horses.

Wieilh B. A. (? – ?) – French reproduction engraver. His name does not appear in any directory. Six works of this author are known, one of them is dated 1770 (British Museum).