Sujet

The Amorous Proposal, c1725. Creator: Francois Lemoyne.

Légende

The Amorous Proposal, c1725. A young woman, cooling herself with a damp handkerchief, is surprised by an older man wearing heavy, fur-lined clothes. He seems to be asking her a question, sometimes interpreted as a proposal, but the painting's precise subject remains unclear.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A23_263

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47.9Mo (2.7Mo) / 42.0cm x 28.6cm / 4960 x 3374 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male looking man men garden painting country French fountain fountains France guy beard museum color location century uncertainty gesturing handkerchief proposal persuasion bearded concept water fountain two people uncertain proposing hand gesture facial hair unsure looking back art museum drinking fountain oil Painting Colour hankie elderly man 19th century Museum of Art rococo 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oil on canvas portrait oil young women age gap old man old men young woman Francois Lemoyne Rococo era Lemoyne Francois Francois le Moyne Oil on canvas Le Moyne age difference Clark Art Institute 1720s Heritage Art 19th-century Fran?ois Le Moyne Fran?ois Lemoyne proposition