when was it completed?
In 1828
The Dawn of Love (painting)
in 1828 
by whom was the dawn of love painted? By English artist William Etty what is it about? It shows a nude Venus leaning across to wake the sleeping Love by stroking his wings.
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The Dawn of Love (painting) [SEP] Introduction
The Dawn of Love, also known as Venus Now Wakes, and Wakens Love, is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1828 and currently in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth. Loosely based on a passage from John Milton's 1634 masque "Comus", it shows a nude Venus leaning across to wake the sleeping Love by stroking his wings. 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. The open sensuality of the work was intended to present a challenge to the viewer mirroring the plot of "Comus", in which the heroine is tempted by desire but remains rational and detached.