VEIT

See also:

• VEIT STOSS (1438 or 1440-1533)

STOSS (1438 or 1440-1533)  , German sculptor and wood carver, was born in Nuremberg . In 1477 he went to Cracow, where he was actively engaged until 1499 . It was here that he carved the high altar for the Marienkirche, between 1477 and 1484 . On the death of King Kasimir IV. in 1492 Stoss carved his tomb in red marble for the cathedral in Cracow . To the same date is ascribed the marble tombstone of the arch-bishop Zbigniew 011snicki in the cathedral at Gnesen; and soon after this he executed the Stanislaus altar for the Marienkirche at Cracow . In 1496 he returned to Nuremberg, where he did a great deal of work in completing altars . His main works are: a relief with the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin in the Germanic museum at Nuremberg, a statue of the Blessed Virgin in the Frauenkirche, the Annunciation in the Lorenzkirche and the circular rosary in the Germanic museum .