The Bolt

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The Bolt is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, celebrated for its intimate, dramatic depiction of a clandestine lovers’ encounter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo painting
painting
artForm oil on canvas
artHistoricalContext late Rococo France
artStyleCharacteristic dramatic chiaroscuro
dynamic composition
sensuous detail
collection Louvre Museum
surface form: Musée du Louvre
colorPalette warm tones
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Honoré Fragonard
depictionType interior scene
depicts bedroom interior
dramatic lighting
man locking a door bolt
partially undressed woman
depictsGender man
woman
genre erotic art
hasPart bed with rumpled sheets
door with bolt
heavy drapery
historicalPeriod 18th century
inception circa 1777
languageOfTitle French
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedInTheCountry France
location Louvre Museum
mainSubject clandestine lovers’ encounter
love
sexuality
materialUsed oil paint
movement Rococo
narrativeFocus moment of locking the door
notableFor intimate and dramatic atmosphere
suggestive eroticism
theatrical staging
partOfSeries pair with The Kiss (Fragonard)
surface canvas
theme clandestine love
desire
secrecy
seduction
titleInOriginalLanguage Le Verrou

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