Jean-Honore Fragonard's "The Swing"

 Jean-Honore Fragonard
 Oil on Canvas
1766
The Wallace Collection, London

This picture became an immediate success, not merely for its technical excellence, but for the scandal behind it. The young nobleman is not only getting an interesting view up the lady's skirt, but she is being pushed into this position by her priest-lover, shown in the rear.

I found this painting very amusing and exciting. For the era in which it was created, the Rococo era, this was very daring and rather scandalous. I found it rather amusing and entertaining that one artist excelled at irritating so many. Awesome!

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