# The Swing

By [Jean-Honoré Fragonard](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/jean-honore-fragonard.md>), c. 1767–1768.

Fragonard stages a secretive garden encounter around the arc of a pink dress, a flying slipper, and lush theatrical foliage.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 81 × 64.2 cm
- Collection: [The Wallace Collection](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/wallace-collection.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.wallacecollection.org/explore/collection/search-the-collection/les-hazards-heureux-de-lescarpolette-swing/>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Rococo](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/rococo.md>)

## Image

![A woman in a pink dress swings through a lush garden while two men watch from below.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/wallace-the-swing/full.jpg?v=f81aea4b1358b6dce05efb3655d0748c71a348b669906589f765085ff6d30736>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- The Wallace Collection
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joean_Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard_-_The_Swing.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on The Wallace Collection collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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