ID: 700008414 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008414	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Swing (painting (visual work); Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (French painter and draftsman, 1732-1...; 1767; Wallace Collection (London, Greater London, England, United ...;)

Note: The Swing also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing is considered to be one of the iconic paintings of the Rococo era, and the best known painting by Fragonard. The painting depicts a lush and elegant garden where a stylish young woman wearing the height of Rococo fashion seductively sits upon a swing, while a smiling young man watches from a vantage point that allows him to see up into her billowing dress. An older man, barely visible in the shadows on the right, moves the swing with a pair of ropes. As the young lady swings forward, she kicks one of her dainty slippers into the air. The scene allow includes 2 statues, one of a putti who puts a finger to his lips as if to convert to the other staute of putto to keep this seductive scene a secret.

Titles:

The Swing (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

The Happy Accidents of the Swing (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1767

Creator Display:

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (French painter and draftsman, 1732-1806) [preferred,VP]

Fragonard, Jean Honore (French painter and draftsman, 1732-1806) [500115329]

Locations:

Current: Wallace Collection (London, England) (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500302044] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 81 x 64.2 cm

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	swing [300211254]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Recreational Artifacts (hierarchy name), recreational artifacts (equipment), noncompetitive play equipment) (AAT)

	garden (open space) [300008090]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>) (AAT)

	eroticism [300249821]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts) (AAT)

	putto (child) [300307716]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	putti (children) [300307716]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Swing	........ [VP]
	........ Duffy, The Wallace Collection (2011) 182
The Happy Accidents of the Swing	........ [VP]
	........ Posner, The Swinging Women of Watteau and Fragonard, The Art Bulletin (March 1982). 84
Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette	........ [VP]
	........ Duffy, The Wallace Collection (2011)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Posner, The Swinging Women of Watteau and Fragonard, The Art Bulletin (March 1982). 84