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 Ce tableau est une œuvre très célèbre de l'artiste. Une jeune femme en robe rose se balance, dévoilant ses jambes à son amant et tournant le dos à son vieux mari dans l'ombre. C'est un tableau empreint d'une certaine légèreté et de frivolité. Ce tableau est caractéristique du mouvement rococo . Postérité
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Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (The Swing) Jean-Honoré Fragonard Year created: c. 1767 - 1768 Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Country of Origin: France Dimensions: 81 x 64.2 cm Collection: Paintings Fragonard's iconic painting is one of the most emblematic images of 18th-century French art. Original Title: Les Hasards heureux de L'Escarpolette Date: 1767 Style: Rococo Genre: genre painting Media: oil, canvas Location: Wallace Collection, London, UK Dimensions: 64.2 x 81 cm Order Oil Painting reproduction Article References The Swing, otherwise titled as L'Escarpolette in French, is a Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It has alternatively been titled The Happy Accidents of the Swing, and in French, it is Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette . You may know this painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing (in french: Les Hasards heureux de l'Escarpolette), which depicts a gallant scene typical of the Rococo movement. But do you know its history and meaning? Zoom on this famous painting… Summary The order of the Baron of Saint-Julien Analysis of the work
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It's original title was Les Hasards Heureux de l'Escarpolette, and this is how French art followers will still refer to it as. It is believed that one of the men in the painting was the husband of the female on the Swing, whilst the other was someone with whom she was having an affair. Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Les Hazards heureux de l'Escarpolette [Happy Hazards of the Swing], 1782, etching and engraving (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). Madame de Pompadour (patron of Falconet's sculpture), or a blooming flower (like the pink rose adorning her lover's jacket).. Pour en revenir aux Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette, c'est au peintre Doyen, qui venait de triompher au salon de 1766 avec le Miracle des ardents pour l'église Saint-Roch, qu'un « homme de cour » - le baron de Saint-Julien, receveur général du clergé de France - s'était tout d'abord adressé pour passer commande de ce célèbre tableau. Description Name: The Swing (L'Escarpolette) (1767) Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) Medium: Oil painting on canvas Genre: Genre painting Movement: Rococo art Location: Wallace Collection, London For the meaning of other celebrated masterpieces, please see: Famous Paintings Analyzed (1250-1800). Background
'Les Hasards Heureux de l'Escarpolette, c. 1767' Art JeanHonoré Fragonard
Structured data Captions Captions English Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents Spanish (formal address) Jean-Honoré Fragonard - I fortunati casi dell'altalena (1767) Summary[edit] (1749-1756), (1761), Northern Netherlands (1773), (1773), (1773), Uzerche (1773), (1773), (1774-1806) Q127171 VIAF : 36918358 Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette est un tableau rarement égalé dans ses touches fantaisistes et opulentes. Icône du mouvement artistique Rococo, ce chef-d'œuvre met en vedette une femme coquette qui vole entre deux messieurs éperdus sur une balançoire, dans le contexte d'un jardin fantastique et luxuriant.
Originally commissioned by an unnamed gentleman of the court, Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (The Swing) of c.1767-1768 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732. Les Hazards heureux de l'Escarpolette Jean-Honoré Fragonard n.d. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, United States. Title: Les Hazards heureux de l'Escarpolette; Creator: Jean Honoré Fragonard|Nicolas de Launay; Date Created: n.d. Physical Dimensions: sheet: 21 7/16 x 17 5/16 in. (54.4 x 44 cm) image: 20 3/16 x 16 9/16 in. (51.2.
Les Hasards heureux de l’Escarpolette, JeanHonoré Fragonard La Balancoire de Fragonard
The Swing (L'Escarpolette), also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing (Les Hasards Heureux de l'Escarpolette, the original title), is an 18th century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard.It is considered as one of the masterpieces of the rococo era and of French erotica. It depicts a woman sitting on a swing.A peeping tom lying at her feet is trying to glare upskirt. Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette est une scène galante peinte par Jean Honoré Fragonard entre 1767 et 1769.
