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Mlle. Mayer had been for some time in a depressed condition, and her friends had been anxious about her.

Prud'hon painted several portraits of Mlle. Mayer, the best-known being now in the Louvre.

It is probable that Mlle. Mayer came under the influence of Prud'hon as early as 1802, possibly before that time.

He returned from the Indies in 1827, when she quickly brought about his engagement with Mlle. d'Aubrion.

According to Mlle. Emilie de Fontaine, he was of bad figure and stout, having but a single advantage—that of his brown locks.