The Hostages (Laurens)

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The Hostages
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Artist Jean-Paul Laurens [1]
Year1896 [2]
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions140 cm× 146 cm(55 in× 57 in)
Location Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon

The Hostages is an 1896 oil on canvas painting created by French painter and sculptor Jean-Paul Laurens, the last in a series of historical works by him. He does not give a specific historical setting, although he evokes the Princes in the Tower and Richard III of England. It is now collected in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

References

  1. ↑ Helen Marres-Schretlen; Christiaan Vogelaar; Kris Schiermeier; Matthi Forrer, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Gregor J. M. Weber, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Boudewijn Bakker, Staatliche Museen Kassel, Stedelijk Museum "De Lakenhal" (Leiden, Netherlands) (2006). Loving art: the William & Anna Singer collection. Waanders. ISBN   9789040082344.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Peter Hastings Falk (1999). Record of the Carnegie Institute's International Exhibitions: 1896-1996. Sound View Press. ISBN   978-0-932087-55-3.
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