• Source: The See-Saw (Fragonard, Madrid)

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. 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.
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.




See also


List of works by Fragonard




References






Further reading


Delphi Complete Works of Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Illustrated)
149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe (So You Can Ignore the Others)

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