The Proposal

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: William Bouguereau (French, La Rochelle 1825–1905 La Rochelle)
Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 3/8 x 44 in. (163.5 x 111.8 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Elliot L. Kamen, in memory of her father, Bernard R. Armour, 1960
Accession no.: 60.122

The Bathers
William Adolphe Bouguereau
1884 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000951
Rest
William Adolphe Bouguereau
1879 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009159
Bacchante on a Panther
William Adolphe Bouguereau
1855 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009610
Arion on a Sea Horse
William Adolphe Bouguereau
1855 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009717