Lafayette at Yorktown
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| Artist | Jean-Baptiste Le Paon |
| Year | 1783 |
| 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]