The Blood Compact

The Blood Compact (Spanish: El Pacto de Sangre[1]) is an 1886 historical painting[2][3] by the Filipino painter Juan Luna.

[5] Juan Luna completed The Blood Compact in 1886, a year after he moved to Paris to open a studio.

[10] The Blood Compact is currently displayed in Malacañan Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines, located at the top of the Grand Staircase leading towards the Ceremonial Hall.

[1][3][5][8] In 2008, The Blood Compact and other Luna works became a part of a twenty-three painting exhibition from the collection of the Bank of the Philippine Islands.

The Blood Compact and the other paintings are considered as the 'expression of the coming of the age of the Filipino and the birth of the Philippines as a nation in the late 19th century.