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The Hostages (Laurens)

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The Hostages
ArtistJean-Paul Laurens[1]
Year1896[2]
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions140 cm × 146 cm (55 in × 57 in)
LocationMuseum 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.

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  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.