Oath of Vargas
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
name: label: original artist
content: Gallait, Louis
label: graphic artist
content: Rajon, Paul-Adolphe
label: printer
content: Salmon, A.
label: publisher
content: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
notes: label: Description
content: Paul Rajon’s print of <I>Le Serment de Vargas</I> 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place etched
content: France
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Religion
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14912
label: catalog number
content: 14912
label: accession number
content: 94830
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: Etching
label: Object Type
content: Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 27.7 cm x 35.7 cm; 10 7/8 in x 14 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: plate: 15.9 cm x 19 cm; 6 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: image: 13 cm x 16.5 cm; 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in