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Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz)
Veit Stoss (1447–1533), one of the greatest wood-carvers of the late Gothic
age, was born in Horb am Neckar in Germany. He lived in Krakow from 1477
to 1496, where he was exempted from paying taxes by the City Council. He
created a number of sculptural works here.

The Coronation of the Virgin St Adalbert

St Stanisław
The Assumption
Mary and Christ are
raised to Heaven by
The Annunciation eight angels.

The Ascension
T The Nativityhe Nativity
The Resurrection

The Adoration Pentecost
of the Magi

Predella with the
Tree of Jesse

The Death of the Virgin St John
The figure of the youthful Slightly hesitant,
Mary is one of the greatest the saint is about
sculptures ever made to put a cape on
in Poland. the fainting Mary.