On the Swing

A boy in a blue coat and yellow breeches grips the rope while a girl in a rose bodice sits beside him on the same plank, turned toward his face. The swing hangs from a knotted branch drawn into a leafy arch studded with red berries. One of his shoes has slipped and dangles from the toe — the detail the whole scene turns on. Below, a wave frieze rings the base before it meets the wooden stand.