# The Surrender of Breda \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velazquez-diego-rodriguez-de-silva-y-r4f5af220b7c882>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Amongst the group of Spanish victors brandishing their lances, we can make out just as many individual expressions of exhaustion as we can amongst the resigned group of defeated Dutch soldiers.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)