three nude women standing close together, with skeleton at back addressing R female figure; one woman stands with her back fully to the viewer with her foot on a death's head and her arm around an older, emaciated woman to her PL

Death and the Three Nude Women, c. 1546-1550

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Details
Title
Death and the Three Nude Women
Artist Life
1500–1550
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.93.25
Provenance
[Paul Prouté, cf. Lugt 2053c and 2103c, Paris.] [C. & J. Goodfriend, New York; sold November 26, 1985, to Andrus]; John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Catalogue Raisonne
Pauli, Hollstein 152 [ii/iii or iii/iii?] Bartsch 151 (vol. 8, p. 176). As a reworking of Barthel's plate, this is also considered Pauli, Hollstein 40 iii.
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three nude women standing close together, with skeleton at back addressing R female figure; one woman stands with her back fully to the viewer with her foot on a death's head and her arm around an older, emaciated woman to her PL