La Fuite a Dessein
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of three (Portalis)
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 11/16 x 11 7/8 in. (39.8 x 30.2 cm) Plate: 14 5/8 × 11 5/16 in. (37.2 × 28.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
Accession Number
54.533.10
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Charles François Adrien Macret|Jacques Couché · 1732–1806
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. Born in Grasse, he moved to Paris where he trained under Jean-Baptiste Chardin and François Boucher, winning the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1752. After studying in Italy alongside Hubert Robert, Fragonard returned to Paris in 1761 to fi...