Les Hazards heureux de l'Escarpolettes (The Swing)

probably 1782

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Nicolas Delaunay

Artist, French, 1739 - 1792

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist After, French, 1732 - 1806

This is a drawing of an ornate garden scene. The image shows a park landscape with lush foliage, statues, and a swing hanging from a tree. Surrounding the swing are various vegetation and flowers. The background features detailed renderings of trees and shrubs, creating a sense of depth in a secluded setting. The use of shading and line work adds texture and depth to the scene, suggesting an atmosphere of elegance and romanticism typical of rococo art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.8 × 45.7 cm (22 3/4 × 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2314

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

1987

  • Taylor, Sean J. "Pendants and Commercial Ploys: Formal and Informal Relationships in the Work of Nicolas Delaunay." Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschicte 50, no 4(1987): 509-538.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at bottom right, in graphite in later hand: K177 [circled] / Fr. 91

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q64960727

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