The Surrender of Breda, known in Spanish as La rendicion de Breda, is a painting by the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez, completed between 1634 and 1635. Velázquez was inspired by his travels in Italy alongside Ambrogio Spinola, the Genoese-born Spanish general who had captured the Dutch city of Breda on June 5, 1625. The painting depicts the ceremonial exchange of the city's key from the defeated Dutch commander to Spinola, commemorating the Spanish victory during the Eighty Years' War.
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The painting was commissioned by Philip IV of Spain between 1630 and 1635 for the palace of Buen Retiro along the eastern city limits of Madrid.
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Museo Nacional del Prado, "The Surrender of Breda, or The Lances" (accessed July 3, 2009).
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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.
- infobox year field: 1634-1635
Created By: Diego Velázquez, Infobox: artist
Diego Velázquez
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