Marquis de Lafayette (Bartholdi)

Marquis de Lafayette

The sculpture in 2011
Artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Year 1876 (1876)
Type Sculpture
Material Bronze
Subject Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Location New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°44′08″N 73°59′24″W / 40.73568°N 73.98997°W / 40.73568; -73.98997Coordinates: 40°44′08″N 73°59′24″W / 40.73568°N 73.98997°W / 40.73568; -73.98997

Marquis de Lafayette is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette by artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, located at Union Square Park in Manhattan, New York. Donated by French residents of New York and dedicated on September 6, 1876, the portrait statue rests on a Quincy granite pedestal. In 1991, it was conserved by the Municipal Art Society and the New York City Art Commission's joint Adopt-A-Monument Program.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Union Square Park: Marquis de Lafayette". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved July 15, 2014.


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