Las lanzas o La rendición de Breda

The Surrender of Breda

Artwork · Part of Serie de Batallas del Salón de Reinos · Diego Velázquez · c. 1635 · oil painting · Museo del Prado

Painted around 1635 for the Hall of Realms in the Buen Retiro Palace, among the battle paintings of Philip IV’s victories: Justinus of Nassau hands the keys of Breda to Ambrogio Spinola in 1625, before the upright lances of the Spanish army.