River Landscape by Annibale Carracci https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41673-river-landscape
It might be said that with paintings like this one, Annibale Carracci invented the landscape as a subject for Italian baroque painting. Nature here is appreciated first and foremost for herself and not as the backdrop for a story.
Viaggio per Roma nel Seicento con Giovan Pietro Bellori, Palazzo delle Esposizioni