- Nicolas de Launay He dedicated it personally to Fragonard, calling himself Fragonard’s “very humble and very obedient servant”. The engraving by Nicolas de Launay after Fragonard’s ‘Swing’ reproduces (in reverse to the painting in the Wallace Collection London) one of the iconic images of 18th-century art, epitomizing the artifice and light-hearted eroticism of the late Rococo style. Treasures from the Herbert Greer French Collection, United States of America, 1993, p 227. no 110. ,

Other inscriptions below the image specify the title, the painter, the engraver and the address of De Launay as the publisher. We are observing strict physical distancing and hygiene measures to protect the health of visitors and staff and minimise the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The main difference between the painting and engraving is the addition of plumes in the hat of the girl.De Launay published the print himself, advertising it in the ‘Gazette de France’ on 2 April 1782. 1806. French printmaking 1715-1814, 1984, illus p 254. no 88, M Hebert, E Pognon and Y Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français XVIII siècle, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, 1968. no 223. The swing, European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014, Hill-Stone Inc., New York/New York/United States of America, Purchased by the AGNSW from Hill-Stone Inc. 2012, Victor I Carlson and John W Ittmann, Regency to Empire. The lively vignette below the image bearing Fragonard’s initials was designed by Pierre-Philippe Choffard. Peter Raissis, Prints & drawings Europe 1500-1900, Sydney, 2014, col illus p 91. 1792, 1732 We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Gallery stands, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. Kristin L Spangenberg (Editor), Six Centuries of Master Prints. Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000Sydney, AustraliaInfo line 1800 679 278, See opening hours and admission Read the latest visit information, including hours, 1739 The engraving by Nicolas de Launay after Fragonard’s ‘Swing’ reproduces (in reverse to the painting in the Wallace Collection London) one of the iconic images of 18th-century art, epitomizing the artifice and light-hearted eroticism of the late Rococo style. For a better experience, switch to Mobile Version », The Art Gallery of New South Wales is open. Closed Good Friday & Christmas Day, Update from the Gallery regarding COVID-19, Read the latest visit information, including hours. Beneath her, a flowering vine cascades to the floor. after Jean-Honoré Fragonard - The Swing (after Fragonard) is an installation in which a life-size headless female mannequin, extravagantly attired in a dress in eighteenth-century style made of bright African print fabric, reclines on a swing suspended from a verdant branch attached to the gallery ceiling. The Swing (After Fragonard) is a three-dimensional recreation of the Rococo painting after which it was titled, which itself offers testimony to the opulence and frivolity of pre-Revolutionary France. The Swing (After Fragonard) is a three-dimensional recreation of the Rococo painting after which it was titled, which itself offers testimony to the opulence and frivolity of pre-Revolutionary France.