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The Kiss of Innocence, or The Swing

Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1787-1788
Accession number
78.20.7
Maker
Marguerite Gérard(Opens in new tab) (French, 1761–1837)
Dimensions
18 3/16 x 21 3/4 in. (46.2 x 55.2 cm.)
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
This painting portrays an idealized scene from 1700s France with mothers and children enjoying nature and playing on a swing.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Department
European Art
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View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
One of a number of female painters to exhibit in France in the 18th century, Gérard specialized in tender scenes of mothers and children. Her paintings exemplify the purest Enlightenment principles of virtuous childrearing.

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