The Dream of Happiness

The Dream of Happiness is an allegorical oil on canvas painting by Constance Mayer and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, now in the Louvre.[1] It was first exhibited as number 809 at the 1819 Paris Salon and has remained in the French national collection ever since.[2]

The Dream of Happiness (1819) by Constance Mayer and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

It shows a couple and their child in a boat rowed by Fortuna and steered by Cupid. Few of Mayer's sketches survived, but many of Prud'hon's have.[3]

References

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  1. ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
  2. ^ (in French) "Salon notice".
  3. ^ (in French) "Base Joconde entry".