A nude figure personifying the dawn floats above a pond of water lilies, a sheer scarf drifting around her, and reaches for the trumpet of a tall calla lily. It was the first of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's four Times of Day, followed by Dusk, Night and Day. Its flawless, polished finish is typical of the Salon painting the Impressionists reacted against.
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The water lilies below close at night, and the calla lily was an old symbol of rebirth: fitting flowers for an allegory of the new day.
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