The Happy Accidents of the Swing (1768)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard's works -> https://t.co/oJBXPq28nE

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When near .... TIVOLI 4/4 - Villa d'Este
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'They speak, among the non-touches verzure, the hundred fountains;
They speak softly and flatly, like feminine mouths'

🎼'Water Game at Villa d'Este' https://t.co/MY4EWr02E2

🖊️D'Annunzio 🎼Liszt 🖌️Fragonard

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Funds for the conservation of The Swing were generously provided to The Wallace Collection by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. 
 
 

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Reclining Female Nude with a Dog
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Drawings
French, 18th-19th century

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'True genius' of Fragonard revealed after restoration of The Swing

Rococo painting to go back on show at Wallace Collection with greater depth and detail

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing [1767] https://t.co/s1QPZzcnVt

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La Wallace Collection aborda la restauración (aun incompleta) de "El columpio" de Fragonard. Ahora que veo la obra parcialmente limpia es obvio lo amarillenta que estaba, pero viendo solo la con el barniz no lo tendría claro
https://t.co/b4z6FMKq1f

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‘True genius’ of revealed after restoration of "The Swing".
Rococo to go back on show at Wallace Collection with greater depth and detail.
https://t.co/E0tuPbDjsN

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Fragonard’s The Swing has been restored—and it's saucier than ever. https://t.co/lRU9Ljru4d

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Blank page; verso: Head of a Man, c. 1758

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Gardens and Terraces of the Villa d'Este at the Foot of the Fountain of the Organ (Les Cascatelles); verso: Study for the Figure of Callirhoë, 20th century

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Gardens and Terraces of the Villa d'Este at the Foot of the Fountain of the Organ (Les Cascatelles); verso: Study for the Figure of Callirhoë, 20th century https://t.co/4ItaJ5bQ0o

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Happy Fragonard Friday folks!! Celebrating swinging today and the original title of Jean-Honoré's naughty 1767 chef d'oeuvre: The Happy Accidents of the Swing (Les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette), a portrait of a baron's mistress (and her shoe).🙂

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"The Swing" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767), at

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Enjoy your favourite French masterpieces once again, presented as part of the completion of one of the Wallace Collection’s most extensive relighting and redisplay projects undertaken in recent years.

Rediscover the delights of Fragonard’s enigmatic Souvenir...

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Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette, de Fragonard 💚

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