''The Hostages'' is an 1896 oil on canvas painting created by French painter and sculptor

Jean-Paul Laurens Jean-Paul Laurens (; 28 March 1838 – 23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Biography Laurens was born in Fourquevaux and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexand ...

, 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 Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Battl ...

. It is now collected in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hostages, The 1896 paintings Paintings by Jean-Paul Laurens Paintings of children Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Princes in the Tower