 As was by then often the case, many provincial painters used the compositions of the prints directly as a basis for their paintings, for example a version from his eponymous altarpiece by the Nuremberg painter known as the "Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece"(1506, Compton Verney House), who uses his fellow-townsman Dürer.The first third of the 16th century was the period of peak popularity for the subject; to the Danube School in particular the opportunities for expressiveness and a landscape background made the subject attractive.Versions include very intense ones by Albrecht Altdorfer, and Wolf Huber (both about 1520 and in the National Gallery, London).