Artwork
La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight)
La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Charles François Adrien Macret. It dates from 1783 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:recto: none; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: K 175 [circled] / Fr 89
- Markings
- Marked:none
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Overview
La Fuite à dessein (The Pre-Arranged Flight) is an etching on laid paper created by Charles François Adrien Macret in 1783.
Subject & Meaning
The etching depicts a woman in elaborate attire standing on a rocky hillside, with a young boy clinging to her skirt. Her outstretched arm suggests she is in motion, possibly fleeing.
Technique & Style
The artist employed etching techniques to convey texture and detail, using lines to render the folds of the woman's dress and the rocky terrain.
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