Everything you need to know about Fragonard's The Swing

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767, oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm (The Wallace Collection, London)

speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker



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