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The Three Ages of Man and Death

Hans Baldung

Hans Baldung Grien or Grün was a German artist in painting and printmaking who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer.

Max Resolution:757×2010 PX

Title:The Three Ages of Man and Death

Original Title:Die Lebensalter und der Tod

Artists:Hans Baldung

Date:1540 - 1543

Style:Northern Renaissance

Genre:allegorical painting

Medium:oil,panel,canvas

Location:Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Dimensions:61×151 cm

Copyright:Public domain

The Three Ages of Man and Death is a 16th-century painting by Hans Baldung. It is part of a set of similarly themed paintings by Baldung, the others of which are The Three Ages of Woman and Death and The Three Graces. It is an allegorical painting which alludes to the transience of beauty and the fragility of human life.