# Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUBENS, Peter Paul]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak, 117 x 85 cm ## Commentary Don Ambrogio Spinola Doria, marqués de los Balbases \(1569-1630\), was an Italian general, at the service of Spain. He is often called "Ambrosio", especially in Spanish-speaking countries. The most significant act of his career was the taking of Breda, depicted in the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/v/velazque/04/0401vela.html'\)" HREF="/html/v/velazque/04/0401vela.html">famous painting by Velázquez.</A> This portrait of Spinola can be compared with his other portrait by Rubens, presently in Braunschweig. ## Related artworks - [A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Albert and Nicolaas Rubens]() - [Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()