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Summary

Gerard ter Borch: The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster

Artist



Alternative names	Gerard Terborch
Description	Dutch painter, drawer and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	1617 / December 1617	8 December 1681
Location of birth/death	Zwolle	Deventer
Work period	from 1625 until 1681 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1681-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Amsterdam (1632–1633), Zwolle (1633–1634), Haarlem (1634–1635), London (1635–1636), Zwolle (1636), Italy (1637–1648), France (1637–1648), Münster (1648), Deventer (1654–1681), Amsterdam (1674), The Hague (1675), Haarlem (1675)
Authority file	: Q346808 VIAF: 54432423 ISNI: 0000000109029553 ULAN: 500017511 LCCN: n94021151 MusicBrainz: 4474c1a7-ba63-476c-8735-e178d2f8246b WorldCat

Title

The Ratification of the Spanish-Dutch Treaty of Münster, 15 May 1648.

This painting commemorates the ratification on 15 May 1648 of the Spanish-Dutch peace treaty signed in January earlier that year, also at Münster. It is not about the more famous Treaty of Münster signed by France, the Holy Roman Emperor and their respective allies on 24 October 1648, and for which there exists no paintings.

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Depicted people

Depicted place

Peace of Münster

Date

1648

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

height: 45.4 cm (17.8 in); width: 58.5 cm (23 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Accession number

SK-C-1683

Object history

before 1672: Hendrik ter Borch, Deventer

Unknown date: inherited by Bernard Heidentrijk ter Borch
10 September 1804: purchased by La Roche at the sale of the collection of Van Leyden at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 19
7 July 1817: sale of the collection of Prince de Talleyrand at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 38
4 May 1837: sale of the collection of Duchesse de Berry at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 1
18 April 1868: sale of the collection of Prince Anatole Demidoff (San Donato) , lot no. 18
Unknown date: acquired by Marquess of Hertford, London
1871: given to the National Gallery, London, inv. NG896, by Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet (1818-1890), London

2000: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, inv. SK-C-1683, by the National Gallery, London

Inscriptions

Signature and date top left:

TBorch. F.Monasterij.A.1648

References

National Gallery Online Catalog, as The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, height: 45.4 cm (17.8 in); width: 58.5 cm (23 in)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as De eedaflegging van de Vrede van Munster in 1648, height: 45.4 cm (17.8 in); width: 58.5 cm (23 in).
RKDimages, Art-work number 109717, as The Treaty of Munster, 15 May 1648, height: 45.4 cm (17.8 in); width: 58.3 cm (22.9 in)

Authority file

Source/Photographer

Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic

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Licensing

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The author died in 1681, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:07, 24 March 2018	6,000 × 4,649 (15.55 MB)	Aavindraa	higher res same source
	15:39, 4 November 2011	5,456 × 4,225 (18.1 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	A bit more detail in the dark parts
	12:43, 3 November 2011	5,456 × 4,225 (19.24 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	Higher resolution from the National Gallery
	14:42, 1 June 2009	1,953 × 1,451 (1.33 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	cropped to shadow line
	20:29, 28 May 2009	1,952 × 1,506 (2.55 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	larger size
	07:32, 1 October 2008	1,280 × 953 (472 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	15:00, 24 September 2005	1,600 × 1,222 (192 KB)	STBR	Unterzeichnung des Westälischen Friedens 1648 in Münster, Deutschland von Gerard Terborch (1617 - 1681); Bild is Public Domain, da Künstler vor mehr als 70 Jahren gestorben Ratification of the Peace of Westphalia 1648 in Münster, Germany by Gerard Te