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The Swing

Oil on canvas · 81 × 64.2 cm

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Where to see it

Wallace Collection, London

About the painting

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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Image: Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Wikimedia Commons · public domain

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