Rebecca Flint Instagram – L’Escarpolette – ‘The Happy Accidents of The Swing’ – painted by Jean Honore Fragonard in 1767 🔎 Delighted by the frivolity and bemused by the eroticism, I had to leap inside the frame of this painting too…⁣ ⁣ 🩰 The Swing is one of the most famous and beloved paintings of the Rococo Era. Depicting a young woman in a billowing dress, she is pushed on the swing by one man behind her, and another below her peers from the bushes to glimpse underneath her dress. ⁣ ⁣ The story goes, that a courtier asked the French painter Gabriel Francois Doyen to capture his mistress in this compromising scene, but refusing on the grounds of frivolity, the commission was then passed on to Fragonard instead, resulting in his most famous piece of work 🎀⁣ ⁣ 🤔 Now tell me – which famous Disney film features this painting too – and what key element of the composition do they purposefully remove? ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #marieantoinette #historicalcostuming #rococo #jeanhonorefragonard #rococoart #rococostyle #rococodress #frenchelegance #1700s #allabout18thcentury #photoshoppro #classicalpainting #ofwhimsicalmoments #wherefairiesdwell #18thcentury #18thcenturyfashion #marieantoinettestyle #18eme #painterly #likeapainting #fineartphoto #reallifepainting #thewallacecollection #arthistory #historyart #artandhistory #frenchart #chateauversailles #versailles #theswing The Wallace Collection