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German[de]
Teilweise erinnert seine grobe Pinselführung an Werke von Franz Hals .
English[en]
It was made the subject of a pompous eulogy by Diderot , and was bought by the king, who had it reproduced at the Gobelins factory. Hitherto Fragonard had hesitated between religious, classic and other subjects; but now the demand of the wealthy art patrons of Louis XV 's pleasure-loving and licentious court turned him definitely towards those scenes of love and voluptuousness with which his name will ever be associated, and which are only made acceptable by the tender beauty of his color and the virtuosity of his facile brushwork such works as the Serment d'amour (Love Vow), Le Verrou (The Bolt), La Culbute (The Tumble), La Chemise enlevée (The Shirt Withdrawn), and The Swing ( Wallace collection ), and his decorations for the apartments of Mme du Barry and the dancer Marie Guimard .