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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid                                              Antoine Watteau

               An Embarrassing Proposal





















                                                                        1715-1716
                                                                        oil on canvas
                                                                        65 x 84.5 cm
                                                                        Hermitage, St. Petersburg

               KEY TOPICS:

                   ●  In the foreground is a group of five people, including a man sitting on the ground, two

                       women sitting on something beside him (one with a lute), and a man and a woman standing.

                       The standing man is reaching his hand out to the woman beside him who appears to be
                       slightly recoiling from him. In the distance, a house can be seen and trees frame the piece on

                       either side. Clouds and a blue sky complete the background.

                   ●  This piece is in the fetes-galante style, but definitely not a fetes-galante!
































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