Lafayette at Yorktown

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Lafayette at Yorktown
Armistead and Lafayette by Jean Baptiste Le Paon 1783.jpg
Artist Jean-Baptiste Le Paon
Year1783
Medium Oil on canvas
Location Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Lafayette at Yorktown is a 1783 painting by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon (1736/1738 - 1785). The painting depicts Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, a groom (who some historians believe to be James Armistead Lafayette), and a horse.

The Lafayette Memorial designed by Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon at Prospect Park in Brooklyn is based on the painting as was directed by the bequest in the will of the French-born Brooklynite Henry Hatreau who left the funds for the monument's creation. [1] [2]

The painting is in the permanent collection of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue". 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Prospect Park Highlights - Marquis de Lafayette : NYC Parks".
  3. ↑ "Viewing the life of Marquis de Lafayette through art". 15 April 2024.
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