Veit Stoss (also: Veit Stoß and Stuoss; Polish: Wit Stwosz; Latin: Vitus Stoss; before 1450 – about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly...
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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...
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Blind Veit Stoss with his granddaughter (Polish: Ociemniały Wit Stwosz z wnuczką) is an oil painting by Jan Matejko painted in 1865. It belongs to the...
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Franz Stoss (1909–1995), Austrian actor Richard Stöss (born 1944), German political scientist Sebastian Stoss (born 1986), Austrian swimmer Veit Stoss (before...
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Veit Stoss (1450–1533), leading German sculptor, mostly in wood Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt (1791–1855), German theologian Veith, a variant of Veit FC...
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sculptures celebrating the Annunciation by the late-Gothic German artist Veit Stoss. It was commissioned in 1517 by Anton II Tucher and completed the following...
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(262 ft) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz). Some of its monumental polychrome murals were designed by...
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interred at Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, in a red marble tomb sculpted by Veit Stoss. In 1973 a research team of 12 experts opened the tomb. Shortly afterward...
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Tomb of Casimir IV Jagiellon (category Sculptures by Veit Stoss)
late 15th century masterpiece created in red marble by German sculptor Veit Stoss in the late Gothic style. Casimir IV, a King of Poland and Grand Duke...
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facilities for the guards. Contents included: Veit Stoss' Annunciation from St. Lorenz The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss The Imperial Regalia The Automaton clock...
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famous wooden altar (Altarpiece of Veit Stoss), the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world, carved by Veit Stoss. A trumpet call (hejnał mariacki) is...
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transept contains a large Nativity altar made of basswood by the artist Veit Stoss in 1520–3. It was originally intended for a church in Nuremberg (Karmeliterkloster)...
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background continues the architecture of the church Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (1489) by Veit Stoss (St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków) Kefermarkt Altarpiece (1490–1497)...
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as a patron's name-saint; for example the pair of wooden sculptures by Veit Stoss were commissioned by a Florentine merchant in silk and jewellery called...
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of the World. In 2003, work was completed on a replica of the renowned Veit Stoss Altar (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza) of St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków....
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Wenceslas; an Annunciation angel and candlestick angel from the school of Veit Stoss (early 16th century); remains of the first high altar table around 1400...
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only in architecture, but also in sacral wooden sculpture. The Altar of Veit Stoss in St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków is one of the most magnificent art works...
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commanding a small team that entered Kraków to obtain the 15th-century Veit Stoss altar. Because the Poles had foreseen the German interest in the altar...
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Tobias and the Angel (sculpture) (redirect from Tobias and the Angel (Veit Stoss))
and the Angel is a group of two limewood sculptures carved in 1516 by Veit Stoss showing Tobias and the Angel, with the archangel Raphael and Tobias, now...
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woodcarvings such as those by Grinling Gibbons for ornate altarpieces, and the Veit Stoss altarpiece in Kraków, southern Poland. Linden wood was the prime choice...
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built over a pre-existing church from 1270. It features a crucifix by Veit Stoss and noteworthy Gothic sculptures. Kapellenkirche (1330–1340), a Gothic...
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entrepreneur and mining engineer Nicolaus Cracoviensis (?–1550), composer Veit Stoss (Polish: Wit Stwosz; (1447–1553), sculptor Jacob Pollak (ca. 1460–1541)...
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chandeliers boomed, with famous designs by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Veit Stoss, and Tilman Riemenschneider. They may have had an almost magical appeal...
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Emperor Frederick III in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna Erasmus Grasser Veit Stoss Tilman Riemenschneider Michel Erhart Nikolaus Hagenauer Renate Kohn, "Eine...
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vaults. In the choir one can find the carving of the Angelic Salutation by Veit Stoss, and the monumental tabernacle by Adam Kraft. The latter includes a prominent...
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easily identifiable and could be quickly returned, such as the Veit Stoss Altar of Veit Stoss from St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, which had been discovered...
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important work of early German woodcarving, previously attributed to Veit Stoss. The distinctive galleried arcading around the central courtyard dates...
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Altarpiece in Kefermarkt Krakow High Altar in St. Mary's Basilica by Veit Stoß. Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald...
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physicist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Veit Stoss, artist known in Polish as Wit Stwosz Antoni Wit (born 1944), Polish conductor...
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Middle Ages onwards and is the material for the elaborate altarpieces of Veit Stoss, Tilman Riemenschneider, and many others. In England, it was the favoured...
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