La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight)

1783

Charles François Adrien Macret and Jacques Couché after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Charles François Adrien Macret

Artist, French, 1751 - 1789

Jacques Couché

Artist, French, 1750 or 1759 - 1802 or after

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

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.

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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 Number

    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

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