The landscape, attributed to Albrecht Altdorfer's
school, is one among the masterpieces of 16th c. landscape painting.
Landscapes were becoming increasingly favourite motifs at the
time, only to reach their climax as the most popular subjects
in the centuries to come.
Albrecht Altdorfer (1470-1538) is a Danube School
representative. Southern German and Austrian painters who constituted
the school are characterized by separation from theological approach
to religious motifs' presentation. Religious motifs are thus presented
in a more free and intimate manner, with characteristic genre
features. Altdorfer was painting the said motifs within wide landscapes
full of light and colour variations. By leaving figures out, he
became one among the first European painters to create pure landscapes.
