Landscape with Woodcutter

Albrecht Altdorfer created this landscape around 1522, reflecting the growing importance of natural scenery in High Renaissance art. Landscape painting was developing from a background element into an independent genre. The painting is in the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship The work is now in the collection of Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.

The landscape composition demonstrates skill in rendering atmospheric perspective and natural textures. The treatment of light and space reflects contemporary developments in landscape painting.