The Surrender of Breda
Diego Velázquez, 1635
From €29Museum-quality print, also on canvas and framed.
Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
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About the work
- Artist
- Diego Velázquez
- Date
- 1635
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 307 x 367 cm
- Collection
- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
- Print up to
- 50 × 70 cm
- Reference
- XDV-0972
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at the hands, not the spears. Spínola has dismounted — his horse stands enormous, turned away — and instead of letting Nassau kneel, he holds him up by the arm. That single gesture breaks with the entire pictorial tradition of surrender scenes: no groveling, no victor enthroned. The Prado notes how Velázquez flips the usual Renaissance formula, turning defeat into an encounter between equals. Painted around 1635 for the Salón de Reinos, reportedly worked almost straight onto the canvas with barely two or three preparatory drawings. How often does a surrender painting choose courtesy over humiliation?
