It was first exhibited as number 809 at the
Paris Salon of 1819 and has remained in the French national collection ever since. 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. File:Prudhon Pierre-Paul Etude pour Le Reve du Bonheur.jpg|Prud'hon,
Study of the Young Woman (1818), current location unknown. File:Prud'hon 1819 Amour tenant les rames.jpg|Prud'hon,
Cupid Holding the Steering Oars (1819), current location unknown File:Lille PdBA prud'hon reve du bonheur.jpg|Prud'hon, Sketch (c. 1819),
palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. ==References==