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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 1328607, member: 6444&quot;]Great help, thanks. So based on the invaluable link listing here: <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/adam-francois-van-der-meulen-1632-1690-36-c-0564d1e910" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/adam-francois-van-der-meulen-1632-1690-36-c-0564d1e910" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/adam-francois-van-der-meulen-1632-1690-36-c-0564d1e910</a> there was a series of paintings of King Louis XIV (1638-1715) done by Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690). The king hired Meulen to follow him in battle and show how heroic he was. Then they hired several artists to make engravings of the paintings so the heroism of their king could be known by all subjects (looks like etchings were used in the pre-Twitter days). I&#039;m not sure the etching I found is one of this series, but in any case it looks like van der Meulen was the artist, and Jan van Huchtenburgh (1647-1733) was the engraver, and not visa versa (the link to the etching in the National Gallery collection only mentions the engraver) - both their names or initials are at the bottom of the etching.</p><p><br /></p><p>So that leaves me with an etching that was presumably printed in the 17th or early 18th century. But is there a market for it? I&#039;m guessing not? And I should therefore refrain from buying it. Into the landfill it goes... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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