The brothers Zimmermann are considered to be among the greatest artists of the Bavarian rococo . They came from Gaispoint, a tiny village belonging to the monastery of Wessobrunn in the Weilheim-Schongau district. This district had already produced a fair number of architects, stuccowork artists and painters. Examples of the two brothers' work are to be found throughout Europe, for example in France, Poland, Russia etc. . The Zimmermann brothers were the culmination of what is known as the great "Wessobrunn Epoch".