| The Hostages | |
| Artist: | Jean-Paul Laurens[1] |
| Year: | 1896[2] |
| Material: | oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 140 |
| Width Metric: | 146 |
| Museum: | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon |
| City: | Lyon |
The Hostages is an 1896 oil on canvas painting created by French painter and sculptor Jean-Paul Laurens, 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. It is now collected in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.