While Etty often included nude figures in his work, he rarely depicted physical intimacy, and owing to this, The Dawn of Love is one of his more unusual paintings.
尽管埃蒂在他的作品中经常用到裸体角色，但是他很少描绘肉体间的亲昵，因此，爱之黎明是一副比较特殊的作品。