Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Date
- 1777
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 0,74 m × 0,94 m (con marco/accesorio: 1,04 m × 1,22 m); otras fuentes citan 73,5 × 93,5 cm
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, Department of Paintings, Paris (Room 929, Wing Sully)
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2572
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Fragonard painted Le Verrou as the counterpart to a scene of sacred love, the Adoration of the Shepherds before the Christ Child. Here, by contrast, is profane love: a disordered bedroom, a rumpled bed, and a man reaching for the bolt with one arm while holding the woman with the other. She tilts her head back, though it remains unclear whether she seeks the kiss or flees from it. The Louvre displays it today as a centrepiece of the Sully wing, though its arrival at the museum in 1974 was far from uneventful. What catches your eye first, the hand reaching for the bolt or her face?
