Who painted “The Ages and Death”?

“The Ages and Death” was painted by Hans Baldung Grien in 1541. Where to see it: Museo del Prado.

What to look for

Northern Renaissance: compared with the Italian Renaissance it is less idealised and more detailed: wrinkles, every hair, sharp-edged objects and deep, jewel-like colour.

Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism. Wikipedia

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“Eve, the Serpent and Death”, 1510s
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“Death and the Maiden (Baldung)”, 1517
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“The three ages and death”, 1509
“Heracles and Antaeus”, 1531
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