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This oil on canvas painting, created by jean-honore' fragonard in 1767, depicts a young man secretly watching a woman on a swing, who is unaware of his presence. The elderly man pushing the swing is almost hidden in the shadows. The lady lets the young man peek under her dress and flick her shoe towards cupid, all while turning her back to two cherubs. The painting's irony lies in the woman's bergère hat, as shepherds are typically associated with virtue. The swing became a target for enlightenment philosophers, who preferred a more serious art form. There are several copies of this painting, none by fragonard.
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101 – The Swing Jean-Honore’ Fragonard. 1767 C.E. Oil on canvas Video at Khan Academy Rococo Content: o The painting depicts a young man hidden in the bushes, watching a woman on a swing, being pushed by an elderly man, almost hidden in the shadows, and unaware of the lover. As the lady goes high on the swing, she lets the young man take a furtive peep under her dress, all while flicking her own shoe off in the direction of a Cupid and turning her back to two angelic cherubim on the side of the older man The lady is wearing a bergère hat (shepherdess hat) which is ironic since shepherds are normally associated with virtue This style of "frivolous" painting soon became the target of the philosophers of the Enlightenment, who demanded a more serious art which would show the nobility of man There are a number of copies (none by Fragonard)