Love Consecrated (Elle consacre l'amour)

1900

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

below platemark, center in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in plate: AB

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q74885644

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