ever contrary, ingres later complained that he was unhappy with de broglie's final portrait, and that he had failed to fully capture her charms. he was relieved when the portrait was met with approval from her family, writing that "family, friends, and above all the loving father [the duc de broglie] were delighted with it. finally to crown the work, m. thiers —and i was not present—came to see it with the subject and repeated to her several times this wicked remark, 'm ingres must be in love with you to have painted you that way.' but all this does not make me proud, and i do not feel that i have conveyed all the graces of that charming model."