La Fuite a Dessein
Medium
Etching, first state
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 10 3/8 in. (35.5 x 26.4 cm) image: 11 13/16 x 9 3/4 in. (30 x 24.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Roland L. Redmond Gift, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds, 1972
Accession Number
1972.539.19
Tags
Art Historical Context
**La Fuite à Dessein** (The Flight with Intent), an enchanting etching from the first state, showcases the collaborative genius of Jean Honoré Fragonard, with engravings by Jacques Couch and Charles François Adrien Mac. Created around the late 18th (date not specified), this print measures 14 x 10 3/8 inches on the sheet capturing Fragonard's signature Rococo in a compact image of 11 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it entered the collection in 1972 through generous gifts and funds. Fragonard, a master of playful, sensual scenes,...
About the Artist
Jean Honoré Fragonard|Jacques Couché|Charles François Adrien Macret · 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...