Curator’s inspection
Move across the painting — or drag on touch — to study brushwork and craquelure through the curator’s loupe.
The Swing
A silk-clad figure flies through a green bower while sculpture, foliage and hidden admirers join the playful intrigue.
Painted during the final decades of the French ancien régime, the picture turns an aristocratic garden into a theatre of flirtation and concealment.
Fragonard’s rapid, flickering brushwork makes leaves, lace and clouds seem to move with the swing.
The sculpted putti and Cupid’s gesture of silence turn the garden’s statues into accomplices.
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain work; reproduction licence as listed at source.