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Portrait of the Marquise de La Fayette
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Grimaldi, an English artist of Genoese descent, has portrayed La Fayette (1757-1834) wearing his uniform as colonel-general of the National Guard of Paris. In 1789, the marquis, who had championed the American Revolution, introduced to the National Assembly in Paris a declaration of rights based on the American model.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984-1985 | The Legacy of Lafayette. Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York. |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.109