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Jeane-Honoré Fragonard, the Swing, 1767Jeane-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767The most significant element in this painting is value. Fragonard painted the Baron de Saint-Julien’s mistress, brighter than anything else in the painting. It looks as if there is a spotlight shining down on just her, which draws the audience’s eye directly to her. The radiant sunlight.