BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans
(b. 1484/85, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, 1545, Strassburg)

Three Ages of the Woman and the Death

1510
Oil on limewood, 48 x 33 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Baldung's experiments with the macabre were initiated early in Strasbourg, 1508-12, before his sojourn in Freiburg. One of these is the Three Ages of the Woman and the Death. in which the portrayals of age have a sinister character and a mannered virtuosity.