Charles François Adrien Macret

French, 1751 - 1789

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The image shows a woman in full-body view positioned against a breezy landscape. She appears to be in mid-motion, with her arms extended and her body slightly angled forward. She has a surprised or playful expression, with wide eyes and slightly open lips. Her hair is styled in an updo with flowers. She is wearing a flowing, knee-length gown with puffed sleeves and a wrap-around bodice that billows around her. Tall grasses surround her, and a second figure, possibly male, is partially visible behind her. The background features a cloudy sky.
Charles François Adrien Macret, Jacques Couché, La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight), 1783, etching and engraving on laid paper, Widener Collection, 1942.9.2139

La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight)

Charles François Adrien Macret, Jacques Couché · 1783 · etching and engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1942.9.2139
The image shows a woman running energetically to the left. She has delicate features and curly hair adorned with flowers, wearing a billowing dress. She is surrounded by large ferns or plants. In the background, a figure is partially hidden in the foliage, observing the woman. The setting is a natural landscape without man-made structures.
Charles François Adrien Macret, La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight), 1783, etching on laid paper, Widener Collection, 1942.9.2313

La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight)

Charles François Adrien Macret · 1783 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1942.9.2313
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Album of Proofs for Book Illustrations by C.P. Marillier

Various Artists, Ph. Criere, Jean Dambrun, Robert Delaunay, Martial Deny, Antoine-Jean Duclos, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt, Charles-Etienne Gaucher, Louis-Michel Halbou, Francois-Robert Ingouf, Pierre Adrien Le Beau, Charles François Adrien Macret, François Denis Née, Simon Francois Ravenet I, Gérard Vidal, Pierre Duflos, Charles Louis Lingée, Nicolas Ponce · 1771/1779 · 1 vol: ill: 60 etchings after Marillier ·  Accession ID  1976.85.1
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Album of Miscellaneous Prints

Various Artists, Louis Binet, Jean Dambrun, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt, Joseph de Longueil, Antoine-Jean Duclos, Pierre Adrien Le Beau, Charles François Adrien Macret, Clément-Pierre Marillier, Pietro Antonio Martini, Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger, François Denis Née, Nicolas Ponce, Pierre Duflos, Nicolas Ponce, Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger, Charles François Adrien Macret, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d' Orléans, Francois-Nicolas Martinet · 18th century · bound volume with 26 etchings and engravings by Binet, Dambrun, de Ghent, de Longueil, Duclos, Duflos, Le Beau, Macret, Marillier, Martini, J.M. Moreau, Nee, Ponce, and A. de Saint-Aubin after Marillier, Eisen, F.M. Querverdo, C.N. Cochin, J.M. Moreau, and A. de Saint-Aubin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1485-1510