Why it matters
Jeanne Samary stands on a swing hanging from a tree, seemingly lost in thought, while two men try to catch her attention. Renoir painted it in the Montmartre garden where he was also working on his Bal du moulin de la Galette.
Did you know?
- It was painted in the summer of 1876.
- The men are Renoir's brother Edmond and Norbert Goeneutte.
- Gustave Caillebotte bought it in 1877, shortly after the Impressionist exhibition.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Swing (Renoir) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
