L'Évasion de Rochefort
Rochefort's Escape
Édouard Manet · 1880
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
About this painting
Manet's large Zurich version dramatizes Henri Rochefort's real 1874 escape by rowboat from a New Caledonia penal colony; a smaller version hangs in the Musée d'Orsay.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
143 × 114 cm (56.3 × 44.9 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
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