On allume les cierges pour les Morts (They light candles for the dead)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

National Gallery of Art

The image features a central rectangle with intricate lines depicting an abstract scene of a journey or procession on a bridge under the moonlight. The bridge resembles vertebrae, and figures on it carry silhouettes suggesting skeletons or travelers. The bridge leads to or from a large dark structure. Surrounding this central image are abstract sketches forming figures including an owl, a laughing man with a pointed hat, and a skeletal figure, enhancing the fantasy-like atmosphere.