Who painted “The Lock”?

“The Lock” was painted by Jean-Honoré Fragonard in 1777. Where to see it: Louvre.

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard: light, swift brushstrokes, flirtatious lovers on swings, foamy pink and green and playful Rococo charm.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (5 April 1732 – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. Wikipedia

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More by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

“The Swing”, 1767
“A Young Girl Reading”, 1770
“The Stolen Kiss”, 1787
“Blind Man's Bluff”, 1757
“La Gimblette”, 1770
“The See-Saw”, 1757
“The Birth of Venus”, 1753
“Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe”, 1765