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RENAISSANCE RARITY. A Renaissance painting by German artist Albrecht Altdorfer, thought to be one of the earliest Western landscape paintings of its kind, is heading to Sotheby’s for the December 9th London auction after spending about 70 years tucked away in a private Swiss collection, The Guardian reports. The exceptionally rare painting, lengthily titled, A Thickly Wooded Landscape With a Rainbow Behind the Trees and a Distant Outcrop to the Right Beneath a Cloud-Laden Sky, was made around 1520 and is estimated to be worth $3 million to $6.7 million (£3 million to £5 million). The painting by Europe’s first so-called “pure landscape oil artist” was identified earlier this year and is only the third such landscape painting identified by the artist. It is “one of the most exciting discoveries imaginable in our field,” said George Gordon, co-chair of Sotheby’s worldwide old masters department. Plus, New Yorkers will get a chance to see it from November 7 to 19 at Sotheby’s, before it heads to London.