
Sir David WilkieÉcosse, 1785–1841Peut-on la contempler ?
Londres, Royaume-Uni
SallePaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries
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Wilkie took his subject from the Robert Burns song 'Duncan Gray', (1798) in which proud Maggie initially refuses Duncan's proposal of marriage, but later changes her mind. Wilkie's friend, the painter William Mulready, was the model for Duncan.
Victoria and Albert Museum