Throughout the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th, artists used mythological and allegorical themes as well as classical forms to elevate their subjects. In An idyll Bunny conveyed the universal and ageless theme of love with two lovers asleep, watched over by Cupid. First exhibited as L’Age d’Or, the image conveys a dream of a golden time, of Olympian gods and goddesses, of Adam and Eve before the Fall and of eternal man and woman.