The Swing
Maker
Jean-Baptiste Pater
(French, 1695 - 1736)
Additional Title(s)
- La Balançoire or L'Escarpolette
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1730
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions18 x 21 3/8 in. (45.7 x 54.3 cm.)
SignedSigned in lower right of recto: Pater
InscribedSigned in lower right of recto: Pater
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextIn 18th-century France, swings in public parks and gardens permitted adult flirtation under the innocent guise of child’s play. Artist’s frequently depicted the physical and emotional oscillations of this and other disorienting games, such as blindman’s buff and seesawing.Status
On viewObject number78.20.14
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
ca. 1710
Object number: 78.20.11
Auguste Louis Jean Baptiste Riviere
ca. 1793 -1794
Object number: 78.20.17
