The Swing with a Black Cat by Fragonard Art Print

The Swing with a Black Cat by Fragonard Art PrintIn 1767, this would have felt radical. It still does. Fragonard's swinging girl is the same pink skirts, kicked off slipper, the air thick with leaves but a small black cat now sits in her lap, watching the whole flirtation play out. On the wall, the room shifts. A quiet bedroom or living room picks up the deep greens and warm pinks, and the eye keeps finding small things the slipper mid flight, the cat's calm stare, the boy half hidden in the

lemon slices and a scatter of green olives on a clean off-white ground

Don't crowd it with other busy florals or another saturated statement piece — this one wants to do the heavy lifting on its own

or along a sunny hallway

Hang it where you eat

on a feature wall in a sunny living room

Plain cabinets stop looking plain

A small ceramic lamp nearby brings the dark ground to life in the evening

Pair with walnut or oak

A brass reading lamp or two will pick up the yellow nicely

Don't crowd it with other busy patterns or a second statement piece in the same line of sight

the bright end of a living room — and the day starts a touch better

The white background keeps things calm