Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Surrender of Breda

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Diego Velázquez

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:25, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
- ^{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)}[reply]
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)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:02, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I'm not sure about the FP category though, it should perhaps be Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others. – Editør (talk) 12:49, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Velazquez-The Surrender of Breda.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]