Object Details
- original artist
- Gallait, Louis
- graphic artist
- Rajon, Paul-Adolphe
- printer
- Salmon, A.
- publisher
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts
- Description
- Paul Rajon’s print of Le Serment de Vargas is made after a watercolor of the subject by Louis Gallait (1810–1887), not from the oil painting that is now in the Wallace Collection in London. Juan de Vargas is swearing an oath before the Duke of Alva, who was a governor of the Netherlands in the 16th century during the long struggle by the Dutch for independence from Spain, achieved at last in 1648. He pursued a bloody campaign against the Dutch Protestants. Louis Gallait was a Belgian painter of history, portraits, and genre.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 19th century
- ID Number
- GA.14912
- catalog number
- 14912
- accession number
- 94830
- Object Name
- Etching
- Object Type
- Etching
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- sheet: 27.7 cm x 35.7 cm; 10 7/8 in x 14 1/16 in
- plate: 15.9 cm x 19 cm; 6 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in
- image: 13 cm x 16.5 cm; 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in
- place etched
- France
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1002441
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-62da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
