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It’s also the first known oil painting to depict such a political event in a ‘factual’ way. Before this date, artists tended to glorify such moments, for example casting the protagonists as classical heroes in a fantasy setting. But although ter Borch has arranged the figures artificially so that the most important are clearly visible, they are depicted with lifelike portraits, and we know, from written accounts by eyewitnesses, that many of the details of the hall and its furnishings are accurately represented.
Title
The Swearing of the Oath of Ratification of the Treaty of Münster
Date
1648
Medium
Oil on copper
Measurements
H 45.4 x W 58.5 cm
Accession number
NG896
Acquisition method
Presented by Sir Richard Wallace, 1871
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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