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Also 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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
painting
Depicts
rope
Movement
Rococo
Material used
canvas
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
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
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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.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Swing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.