The Swing photograph

The Swing

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Artists Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Dimensions81 cm x 64 cm
Locations The Wallace Collection
Periods Rococo
Created1767
MediumOil paint
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID837088
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About The Swing


The Swing, also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing, 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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