# The Swing [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CAZES, Pierre-Jacques]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 97 x 88 cm ## Commentary Pierre-Jacques Cazes, known above all for his religious paintings, did a "peasant" series for the Petits Cabinets at Versailles, including a Swing. It was light, yet somewhat false in tone, if compared to <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/f/fragonar/father/1/07swing.html'\)" HREF="/html/f/fragonar/father/1/07swing.html">Fragonard's masterpiece</A> of elegant sauciness. You can view <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=The+AND+%28Swing&comment=&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Representations+of+the+motif+The+Swing'\)" HREF="/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=The+AND+%28Swing&comment=&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Representations+of+the+motif+The+Swing">other representations</A> of the motif "The Swing." ## Related artworks - [Birth of Venus]() - [Village Dance]() - [Vision of Jacob in Egypt While Going to See his Son Joseph]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()