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HTML

<div class="second--image">
    <div>
      <div>
        <img src="http://via.placeholder.com/200x100" class="image image-2">
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="first_third--image">
    <img src="https://placeimg.com/640/480/any" class="first--image image image-1">	
    <div class="third--image">
      <img src="http://via.placeholder.com/350x150" class="image image-3">
    </div>
  </div>

CSS

.container {
  width: 400px;
  position: fixed;
}
.image {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  background-color: #eee;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: 300;
} 
.second--image,
.first--image,
.third--image {
  position: absolute;
}
.first_third--image {
  position: relative;
}
.first--image.image {
    z-index: 1;
}
.second--image {
    z-index: 2;
}
.third--image {
    z-index: 3;
}