# The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 15 May 1648 [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TERBORCH, Gerard]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on copper, 46 x 60 cm ## Commentary The independence of the Netherlands was recognised by the Treaty of Munster which was signed between the Dutch and the Spanish in 1648. The treaty, result of long negotiation put an end to the Eighty Years' War on the 18th of June, 1648. The ratification took place in the council chamber of Münster town hall. Gerard Terborch was present and he commemorated the event by this painting. ## Related artworks - [A Concert]() - [A Lady Reading a Letter]() - [A Woman Spinning]() - [A Young Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men]() - [An Officer Writing a Letter]() - [Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas]() - [Burgomaster Jan van Duren]() - [Card-Players]() - [Curiosity]() - [Helena van der Schalcke as a Child]() - [Lady at her Toilette]() - [Lady Reading a Letter \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()