The Surrender of Breda

The Surrender of Breda
Spanish: La rendición de Breda,
Las lanzas
ArtistDiego Velázquez
Year1634–35
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. It was completed during the years 1634–35, inspired by Velázquez's visit to Italy with Ambrogio Spinola, the Italian general who conquered Breda on June 5, 1625. The painting depicts the exchange of the key of Breda from the Dutch's possession, 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 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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