Love Consecrated (Elle consacre l'amour)

Albert Besnard

National Gallery of Art

This print shows two humans appearing to be embraced by a skeletal figure. On the left is a person in a dark jacket and pants with their head tilted back, their features blurred and their limbs hanging limply. On the right appears to be a woman in a long dress, holding the shoulder of the other person. Both of their eyes appear to be closed. The skeletal figure has its hands around both of them, its head tilted down as if to look at them. The background has dense vertical and curved lines, creating a textured appearance with a clear area beneath the people, showing the off-white paper.