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The Altarpiece by Veit Stoss (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza), also St. Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is a large Gothic altarpiece and a national treasure of Poland. It is located behind the high altar of St. Mary's Basilica in the city of Kraków .
In 1496, Stoss returned to Nuremberg with his wife and eight children. He reacquired his citizenship for three gulden and resumed his work there as a sculptor. Between 1500 and 1503 he carved an altar, now lost, for the parish church of Schwaz, Tyrol of the "Assumption of Mary".
- St. Johannis cemetery, Nuremberg
- Sculpture
- Before 1450, Horb am Neckar
Mar 21, 2024 · Carved over a period of 12 years, the 15th century Veit Stoss Altarpiece (or St. Mary’s Altar) is located behind the high altar of St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow. Read its outrageous story involving medieval celebrities, fraud, and the Nazis.
Apr 10, 2024 · Veit Stoss was one of the greatest sculptors and wood-carvers of 16th-century Germany. His nervous, angular forms, realistic detail, and virtuoso wood carving synthesized the sculptural styles of Flemish and Danubian art and, together with the emotional force and dramatic realism of the Dutch.
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The main altar of St. Mary’s Church in Kraków is decorated with an altarpiece by Veit Stoss, which is called simply the Altar of Veit Stoss, the Altar of Dormition of the Mother of God, or St. Mary’s Altar. The work on the Altar of Veit Stoss continued from 1477 until 1489.
Veit Stoss. Biography of Late Gothic German Sculptor, Medieval Wood-Carver. MAIN A-Z INDEX - A-Z of SCULPTURE. Detail of High Altar of St Mary's Church, Krakow (1484). One of the most famous. works of German Gothic Art. The Angel Raphael and Tobias (1516) This limewood carving is one of the.
Veit Stoss is famous as a sculptor and wood carver as well as graphic artist and painter of the German Late Gothic Epoch and one of its protagonists. Nothing is known about the time when he was trained, but the formative influence of Niclaus Gerhaert and the sculptural art of the area around the German city of Ulm. are quite evident in his works.
