The See-Saw (Fragonard, Madrid) Explained

The See-Saw
Artist:Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Year:c. 1750−1752
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:120
Width Metric:94.5
City:Madrid, Spain
Museum:Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

The See-Saw is an oil-on-canvas painting by French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard, created c.1750–1752 during the artist's early career. It is currently in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. The painting forms a pair with another Fragonard work entitled Blind Man's Bluff.[1] Blind Man's Bluff focuses on courtship while The See-Saw, and the metaphor of the rocking motion of the seesaw, suggests the relationship has been consummated.[2] [3]

The See-Saw depicts young children playing with a seesaw in a forest grove. It is seen as an important precedent to Fragonard's masterpiece The Swing.[4]

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  1. Web site: Blind-Man's Buff . toledomuseum.org . 4 September 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033643/http://classes.toledomuseum.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/People%2400402257/0?t%3Astate%3Aflow=74cb7c4a-15f1-411c-a375-73555b5581a2 . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Jean-Honore Fragonard: Blindman's Bluff . . 11 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321204648/http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/anc_frag_blind.html . 21 March 2014 . dead .
  3. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/fragonard-jean-honore/artworks/ The Art Story
  4. Web site: The See-Saw . Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza . July 25, 2019.