(b. 1484/85, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, d. 1545, Strasbourg)
Three Ages of Man
1539
Oil on panel, 151 x 61 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Hand Baldung Grien, Dürer's friend and pupil, gave graphic expression to the profound notion, with roots in medieval Germany, that associates feminine youth and beauty with death.