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An engraving of a crowded hall where men in black with white collars raise their hands to swear an oath over a table
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The oath at Münster

Envoys of Spain and the Dutch Republic swear to the Peace of Münster on 15 May 1648, after the painting by an eyewitness.

Made by
P. J. Greive, after Gerard ter Borch
Made
1850s
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The Peace of Westphalia →Source ↗

Gerard ter Borch was in the room in Münster and painted it; this engraving copies his painting two centuries later. The Peace of Münster ended the Dutch war with Spain and was one of the treaties of the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years’ War.

An engraving of a crowded hall where men in black with white collars raise their hands to swear an oath over a table
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