1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Stoss, Veit |←Story, William
Wetmore||1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 25 |Stothard,
Charles Alfred→| |See also Veit Stoss on Wikipedia, and our 1911
Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer.| STOSS, VEIT (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 archbishop Zbigniew Ollsnicki 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