the years between and his journey to the netherlands are divided according to the type of work he made. during the first five years, 1507–1511, after his return from venice dürer mostly painted. he made his four best paintings, "adam and eve" (1507), "virgin with the iris" (1508), the altarpiece the "assumption of the virgin" (1509), and the "adoration of the trinity by all the saints" (1511). during this period he also completed the two woodcut series, the "great passion" and the "life of the virgin".