The Bolt

E371187

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 Musée du Louvre ⓘ
linked to: Louvre Museum
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 ⓘ
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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