The Stolen Kiss

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The Stolen Kiss is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard depicting a clandestine romantic embrace in an opulent interior.

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The Stolen Kiss canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo painting
painting
artisticStyle attention to textiles
intimate composition
light brushwork
soft lighting
warm color palette
collection Hermitage Museum
surface form: State Hermitage Museum collection
colorFeature contrasting darker tones in male figure
dominant creams and golds
compositionFeature diagonal movement toward the kiss
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Honoré Fragonard
depictionSetting 18th-century domestic space
aristocratic interior
depicts clandestine romantic embrace
curtains
interior scene
letter
opulent interior
table
watchful maid in background
young couple
emotionalTone playful secrecy
romantic tension
genre Rococo
hasTitleInEnglish The Stolen Kiss self-link
hasTitleInFrench Le Baiser
surface form: Le Baiser volé
inception late 1780s
influencedBy French Rococo taste for gallant scenes
lightingFeature focused light on female figure
locatedIn Russia
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
location Hermitage Museum
surface form: Ermitage Museum
mainCharacter young man in brown coat
young woman in cream-colored dress
materialUsed oil paint
movement Rococo
narrativeTheme discretion
illicit romance
secret love
seduction
partOf Fragonard’s late Rococo works
subjectMatter courtship
genre painting
romantic encounter
surface canvas
technique oil on canvas
timePeriod 18th century

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard notableWork The Stolen Kiss
Jean-Honoré notableWork The Stolen Kiss
subject surface form: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Stolen Kiss hasTitleInEnglish The Stolen Kiss self-link