Art, literature & history
The Swing
1777–79
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 68 1/4 x 34 5/8 in. (173.4 x 87.9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.190.27
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Hubert Robert. The Swing. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Swing — Hubert Robert. 1777–79.
Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 68 1/4 x 34 5/8 in. (173.4 x 87.9 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.