Diego Velazquez's Surrender At Breda

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The picture, Surrender at Breda, was created by Diego Velazquez a Spanish painter between the years of 1534-1635. During his early years, Velazquez’s paintings focused on “people eating and drinking rather than religious themes” (Davies 691). During this time he realized how talented he was at what he did which led to him being appointed as the court painter to Phillip IV, “whose reign from 1621 to 1625 was the great age of painting in Spain” (Davies 691). The reason why Spain had become so well known for their art was due to the leadership of the Duke of Olivares. The Duke of Olivares “restored Spain’s fortunes and supported an ambitious program of artistic patronage to proclaim the monarchy’s greatness” (Davies 691). Before Velazquez had