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Girl on a Swing

In 1938 the curator of a blockbuster show for a major museum asked to borrow the romantic Girl on a Swing by Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) from London'sWallace Collection; the request was denied. Under terms of its bequeath, the Wallace Collection cannot make loans. So the curator commissioned a notorious forger to make a copy of Girl for use in his show--and this is that forgery. Following the show, the picture was purchased by Herman Goering who presented it to Adolph Hitler. Its present whereabouts is unknown. (Detail)


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