The Swing | |
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Artist | Jean-Honoré Fragonard |
Year | About 1767–8 |
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 |
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.[1]