Collecte 167+ Judith Leyster The Proposition . Judith leyster's painting, called man offering money to a woman by the mauritshuis museum but often referred to as the proposition, is an enigmatic painting with an ambiguous subject. Judith leyster, the proposition leyster, haarlem, and caravaggio. Judith leyster lived and worked primarily in the dutch city of haarlem, one of the. This painting is in the mauritshuis in the hague.it is an early work of the artists, she was only 22 years old when painted it. The proposition is a genre painting of 1631 by judith leyster, now in the mauritshuis in the hague, who title it man offering money to a young woman.it depicts a woman, sewing by candlelight, as a man leans over her, touching her right shoulder with his left hand.