The Embarassing Proposition
The Embarassing Proposition is a 1715-1716 painting by Antoine Watteau. It was part of Heinrich von Brühl's collection in Dresden before being purchased in 1769 under Catherine II of Russia for the Hermitage Museum, where it still hangs.
It shows a landscape with three young women and two young gallants. X-ray examination has shown the canvas was previously used for a composition with four people, including a woman playing a guitar and a young man, in the position now occupied by the three seated figures.
Bibliography
- (in French) Edmond de Goncourt, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris, 1875, N°152
- (in German) Ernst Heinrich Zimmermann, Watteau, Stuttgart-Leipzig, 1912
- (in French) Jean Adhémar, Watteau, sa vie, son œuvre, Paris, 1950, p. 144
- (in Russian) I. S. Nemilova, Watteau et son œuvre à l'Ermitage, Léningrad, 1964, pp. 130-138
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