A preparatory drawing for L'Union de l'Amour et de l'Amitié exhibited at the Salon of 1793, and now at Minneapolis. This Salon was the second at which artists other than academicians were allowed to show their works to the public. The publisher Firmin Didot who had recognised the talent of Prud'hon on his return from Rome, commissioned several drawings and pictures from the young artist to be shown at the Salon. Guiffrey noted several studies for the painting: two studies for the whole composition, one from the His de la Salle Collection and the other from the Boisfremont Collection, two drawings for the head of L'Amour and two for the figure of L'Amitié, one for the head and another for the shoulder, both also from the latter collection. The present study, unrecorded by Guiffrey, shows that Prud'hon had considered adding a veil over the head of L'Amitié, the position of which he changed twice