The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster
Also titled Het sluiten van de Vrede van Munster
Gerard ter Borch (II) (Zwolle, 1617–1681)
1648
- Medium
- copper (metal), oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 45.4 cm x width 58.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the National Gallery, London. Presented by Sir Richard Wallace, 1871
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This depicts an exceptionally important historical moment: when the Dutch and Spanish ratified a peace treaty ending a war that had lasted 80 years. The event took place on 15 May 1648 in the town hall of the German city of Münster. The Dutch delegates are at the left, the Spanish ones at the right. Before them on the table are two copies of the treaty, which were placed in the little chests and delivered to Madrid and The Hague.
