| The Surrender of Breda | |
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| Spanish: La rendición de Breda, Las lanzas | |
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| Artist | Diego Velázquez |
| Year | 1634–35 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 307 cm × 367 cm (121 in × 144 in) |
| Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain |
La rendición de Breda (English: The Surrender of Breda, also known as Las lanzas – The Lances) is a painting by the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez. It was completed during the years 1634–35, inspired by Velázquez's visit to Italy with Ambrogio Spinola, the Genoese-born Spanish general who conquered Breda on June 5, 1625. The painting depicts the exchange of the key of Breda from the Dutch to the Spanish.
It is considered one of Velázquez's best works. Velázquez composed The Surrender of Breda into two halves, which included the Dutch leader Justinus van Nassau and the Spanish Genoese general Spinola.[1] Jan Morris has called it "one of the most Spanish of all pictures".[2]
- ^ Prado Museum
- ^ James Morris, Spain, 1964, p. 29.