The Swing
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing, Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette
oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1967)
Key facts
- Artist
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Year
- About 1767–68
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81 cm × 64.2 cm ( 31 + 7 ⁄ 8 in × 25 + 1 ⁄ 4 in)
- Location
- The Wallace Collection , London , United Kingdom
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- painting
- Depicts
- rope
- Movement
- Rococo
- Material used
- canvas
- Creator
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Collection
- Wallace Collection
- Location
- Wallace Collection
- Image
- Fragonard, The Swing.jpg
- Height
- 81
- Width
- 64.2
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- catalog code
- 251
- Commons category
- The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- described at URL
- wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65364&viewType=detailView
- inception
- 1767-00-00
- inventory number
- P430
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- The Swing
- native label
- Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette
- fabrication method
- oil painting
- donated by
- Julie Amelie Charlotte Castelnau
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Encyclopedic overview
The Swing (French: L'Escarpolette), also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing (French: Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette, the original title), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard in the Wallace Collection in London. It is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the Rococo era, and is Fragonard's best-known work.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Swing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.