The Swing
Jean Honoré Fragonard · c. 1775/1780 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
The Swing is a public-domain painting by Jean Honoré Fragonard, dated c. 1775/1780. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
Fragonard’s garden picture of about 1775–80. A man pushes a woman on a swing and a lover watches from the bushes. The best-known version is in the Wallace Collection. This is the National Gallery of Art’s canvas.
About the artist
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was a French Rococo painter. Gardens, lovers, and a quick brush are his usual subjects. The Swing is the picture people mean by his name.
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