Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Surrender of Breda

The Surrender of Breda
Voting period ends on 8 Feb 2015  at 16:25:01 (UTC)
 * Reason:Interesting near-contemporary depiction of a historic event, and one which has its own article as well!
 * Articles in which this image appears:The Surrender of Breda, Siege of Breda (1624) and many, many more
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
 * Creator:Diego Velázquez


 * Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:25, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - "one of the most Spanish of all pictures"? But why do they look so happy? Shouldn't they look a bit depressed or what? Hafspajen (talk) 17:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm thinking that Velazquez (as a Spaniard) took a bit of a triumphalist approach... wouldn't blame him, if this was one of Spain's last victories in the war. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:22, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Great scan. (side note: I feel as if the guy on the left is looking right at me.) APK whisper in my ear  12:47, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:02, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – I'm not sure about the FP category though, it should perhaps be Featured pictures/History/Others. – Editør (talk) 12:49, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 16:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)