The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, oil on canvas, 1767

• HER LOVER HIDDEN IN THE BUSHES
• PLAYFUL, MISCHIEVOUS COMPOSITION
• OLDER MAN PUSHING HER IS UNAWARE OF LOVER
• ANGEL SCULPTURE SHUSHING, “IT’S A SECRET”
• BEHIND A VILLA OR PALACE; YOU CAN MAKE OUT ARCHITECTURE IN THE DISTANCE
• LUSH GARDEN, OVERGROWN; FERTILE; CONTRIBUTES TO SEXUAL, SENSUAL ENERGY
• DREAMLIKE, MISTY
• CUPID ANGELS ON BEEHIVE SIGNIFY THE STING OF LOVE
• DIVERSE TREES, SOME LEAFLESS, INDICATE PASSION
• DOG REPRESENTS FIDELITY, IRONIC; DOG IS ANGRY
• COUPLE DECADES BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
• INDULGENCE AND PLEASURE THAT CHARACTERISE THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE RULING CLASS OF FRANCE
• FIGURES ARE SMALL IN A DOMINANT GARDEN LIKE SETTING 
• PUFFY CLOUDS, RICH VEGETATION; ABUNDANT FLOWERS 
• YOUNG LADY SWINGS FLIRTATIOUSLY, BOLDLY KICKING HER SHOE AT CUPID SCULPTURE