Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Originally, the panel painting featuring the Visitation was part of an altarpiece whose three other panel paintings have survived in various collections. One of them was the panel with the Cross-bearing from Vyšší Brod, according to which the South Bohemian painter is named. It appears to have originated in a Český Krumlov workshop which drew inspiration from the earlier Late Beautiful Style tradition of Bohemian panel painting. Abandoning precision of decoration of metal-plated areas of paintings and sculptures is typical of the post-Hussite Wars period. The decoration schemes are simpler, and less technically demanding methods are used for décors.