The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, oil on canvas, 1767 | Renaissance art paintings, Renaissance art, Painting
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Inside a lush garden, a young woman in a billowing pink gown glides through the air. Her suspension high above the ground is enabled by a swing consisting of a crimson velvet cushioned seat and a pair of ropes tied around the knobby branches of an enormous tree. On the far right, an older man seated on a stone bench helps operate the device. As he releases the ropes, she leans back and extends her legs, expelling a tiny pink slipper from her pointed foot.
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The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, oil on canvas, 1767

A gentleman of the court reportedly requested the French painter represent his mistress being pushed on a swing as he secretly admired her from below.
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