The Swing | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1939.109
People: Unidentified Artist
Previously follower of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater, French (Valenciennes 1695 - 1736 Paris)
Previously Unidentified Artist
Title: The Swing
Other Titles: Former Title: Conversation Piece
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/311188

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35.56 x 31.12 cm (14 x 12 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1939

Object Number

1939.109

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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