The Surrender of Breda

The Surrender of Breda
Spanish: La rendición de Breda,
Las lanzas
ArtistDiego Velázquez
Year1634–1635
TypeOil on canvas
Dimensions307 cm × 367 cm (121 in × 144 in)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

La rendición de Breda (English: The Surrender of Breda, also known as Las lanzasThe Lances) is a painting by the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez. He painted it during the years 1634 and 1635, inspired by his 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]

  1. ^ Prado Museum
  2. ^ James Morris, Spain, 1964, p. 29.

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