Jean-Baptiste Le Paon (1736/1738 - 1785) was a French painter and onetime military man known for his works depicting military battle scenes. Through his uncle he was able to study under the Venetian painter of battle scenes

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. He later became the principal painter to the war hero

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and adorned the

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which the royal had purchased with battle scenes. The

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at Prospect Park in

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, New York City was executed according to the painting of the Marquis, ''Lafayette at Yorktown'' created by Le Paon. The aforementioned painting is now in the permanent collection of

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.https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_L400 File:Armistead and Lafayette by Jean Baptiste Le Paon 1783.jpg, ''Lafayette (with

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) at Yorktown'', circa 1783-1785 (

) File:The Prince of Nassau and the Chevalier d'Oraison fighting a jaguar.jpg, ''The Prince of Nassau and the Chevalier d'Oraison combating a jaguar on the coast of Argentina'', 1784

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