The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 26, 2025

The Dream of Happiness

after 1819

imitator of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

(French, 1758–1823)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Unframed: 24.2 x 29.3 cm (9 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.277
Location: Not on view
  • Legueltel. Arnoldi-Livie, Munich. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
    References
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 212, no. 64 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 505-506, Vol. II, no. 176
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=The Dream of Happiness|url=false|author=Pierre-Paul Prud'hon|year=after 1819|access-date=26 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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