Traité d’Aix-la-Chapelle, 1668

This illustration, titled “Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1668,” depicts a scene of diplomatic deliberation surrounding the peace concluded between France and Spain at the end of the War of Devolution. The composition shows several men gathered around a table, one of them reading or presenting a text while the others react in a solemn interior. The image emphasizes political discussion, the staging of negotiation, and the theatrical quality of the diplomatic moment. Published circa 1878 in Historia de España ilustrada, desde su fundación hasta nuestros días, it is not a direct witness to the events of 1668 but a nineteenth-century historical reconstruction. Wikimedia Commons attributes the file to Josep Serra i Porsón, after an original composition by Alphonse de Neuville, making it an editorial image inspired by the historical painting of the period.