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The Swing

The Swing

c. 1723–1727
(French, 1690–1743)
France, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 157 x 96 x 5.5 cm (61 13/16 x 37 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 150.8 x 89.7 cm (59 3/8 x 35 5/16 in.)
Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation 1948.176.5
Location: not on view
  • Viscount Pierre de Chezelles and Vicomte Hippolyte le Sellier de Chezelles
    by 1926 - at least 1933
    Lord Duveen (1869-1939), London, England
    about 1935–36-1942
    Mr. 'Commodore' Louis Dudley Beaumont (1857-1942) and Mrs. Beaumont (Helene M. Thomas) (1895-1988), Cap d’Antibes, France
    1942-1948
    Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1948-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "A French Rococo Collection Goes to Cleveland", Art News, XLVII (September 1948). p. 29
    Francis, Henry S. “A Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 10 (1948). p. 222, illus. 226-27 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 489 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 133 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 133 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 175 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 82-85; Mentioned: p. 82-87
    Milam, Jennifer Dawn. Fragonard's Playful Paintings: Visual Games in Rococo Art. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006. p.145, fig.46
  • Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743, Frick Collection (Nov. 19, 1991-Jan. 12, 1992); The Kimbell Art Museum (Feb. 15-Apr. 12, 1992).
    The Fourth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters: French Paintings of the Eighteenth-Century, Detroit Institute of Art. MI (December 2-20, 1926).
  • {{cite web|title=The Swing|url=false|author=Nicolas Lancret|year=c. 1723–1727|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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