La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight)

1783

Charles François Adrien Macret

Artist, French, 1751 - 1789

Jacques Couché

Artist, French, 1750 or 1759 - 1802 or after

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.1 × 28.9 cm (14 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 34.5 cm (16 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.2139

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as La fuite à dessein (The Flight by Design).

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Peint par h. Fragonard.; in plate, below image, at right: Gravé par C. Macret et Couché, 1783.; in plate, below image at center: LA FUITE A DESSEIN / VICI VICTURUS VIVO [in coat-of-arms]; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

to identify

Wikidata ID

Q64954380

You may be interested in

Loading Results