The Swing, 1767 Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)

We create our paintings with museum quality and covering the highest academic standards. Once we get your order, it will be entirely hand-painted with oil on canvas. All the materials we use are the highest level, being totally artist graded painting materials and linen canvas.

We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

High quality and detailing in every inch are time consuming. The reproduction of Jean-Honore Fragonard also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping, as this is crucial to not be damaged during transportation.
Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.

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We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
Painting reproduction is a high quality expensive product, which we cannot risk to damage by sending it being stretched.
Also, there are postal restrictions, regarding the size of the shipment.
Additionally, due to the dimensions of the stretched canvas, the shipment price may exceed the price of the product itself.

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Once the painting The Swing is ready and dry, it will be shipped to your delivery address. The canvas will be rolled-up in a secure postal tube.

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"The Swing" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard - 1767, Wallace Collection. What a scandalous little masterpiece of Rococo excess! The scene is almost dripping with flirtation, isn't it? All those soft, powdered pinks and frothy whites, lush foliage curling in as if trying to wrap around the very figures, suffocating them in sensuous detail. You can almost hear the swish of her dress as she kicks her dainty slipper into the air - right above the young lover who has cheekily sprawled in the lower left corner, eyes wide, heart racing.

Fragonard wasn’t painting a moment of innocent fun here, not at all. Just look at the light - it pours over her in a cascade, spotlighting the woman in the pink dress like she's the centerpiece of some playful, erotic theater. The older man in the shadows, who pulls the swing, is oblivious - probably by design - as the lover steals glances up her billowing skirt. It’s all a game, an eroticized farce, beautifully constructed with an almost laughable frivolity.

The composition is swirling, everything from the mossy greens of the trees to the white marble cupid statues seems to dance in step with the movement of the swing. And those strokes! Fragonard’s brush is fast, loose - especially in the greenery, where textures blur into a soft haze, but he knows exactly when to tighten up, when to lavish detail on that dress. The effect is hypnotic, chaotic, yet elegant - just like the Rococo spirit it embodies.

It’s a dream of a painting, really. Lush, lush, lush - almost suffocating in its beauty and its invitation to indulge.