Death and the Maiden by Aleksandra Marchocka. Image presented here by agreement between myself and the artist.

We’ve presented work by Polish artist Aleksandra Marchocka on this site before. This illustration is the first work she has done specifically commissioned for Erotic Mad Science. It should be more-or-less instantly recognizable as a “Death and the Maiden,” illustration (a theme to which I’ve devoted sustained attention on another of my sites), but if you look a second time, you can see that the artist has given it a whimsical twist.

Aleksandra Marchocka has both a DeviantArt and a professional site, and can be reached on Instagram and Facebook as well.