The Idyll (French: L'Idylle) is an 1852 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.Ackermann p. 24De Font-Réaulx, Des Cars & Papet p.66 Produced in the Neo-Grec style, the art critic Théophile Gautier suggested it as inspired by the novel Daphnis and Chloe from the classical era.https://musees-occitanie.fr/oeuvre/daphnis-et-chloe/ It is also known by the alternative title Daphnis and Chloe.
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 in Paris.https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/objects/60896 It later featured in the Paris Exposition of 1900. Today it is in the collection of the Musée Massey in Tarbes.https://musees-occitanie.fr/oeuvre/daphnis-et-chloe/
References
Bibliography Ackermann, Gerald M. Jean-Léon Gérôme: His Life, His Work. ACR Edition, 1997. De Font-Réaulx, Dominique, Des Cars, Laurence & Papet, Édouard. 'The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme". University of California Press, 2010