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Death and the Maiden or Death and Lust is a painting executed in 1517 by the German artist Hans Baldung (otherwise known as Hans Baldung Grien) which is in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Death and the Maiden (Death and Lust)
Artist	Hans Baldung
Year	1517
Medium	tempera on limewood
Dimensions	30.3 cm × 14.7 cm (11.9 in × 5.8 in)
Location	Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel

The work depicts a popular theme that Baldung himself visited several times, that of the early death of a young woman, often with erotic overtones. In this version Death has seized hold of a voluptuous young woman's hair and is pointing down to a tomb in mock benediction. Above his head are written the words "Hie must du yn" or "Here you must go". The distraught victim, fully aware of her fate, wrings her hands together, pleading for her life.[1][2]

See also

• 100 Great Paintings
• Death and the Maiden (motif)

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