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Veit Stoss

1450 - 1533

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Veit Stoss (German: [faɪt ˈʃtoːs], also spelled Stoß and Stuoss; Polish: Wit Stwosz; Latin: Vitus Stoss; before 1450 – about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance. His style emphasized pathos and emotion, helped by his virtuoso carving of billowing drapery; it has been called "late Gothic Baroque". He had a large workshop, and in addition to his own works there are a number by pupils. He is best known for the altarpiece in St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veit Stoss is the 44th most popular sculptor, the 1,107th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,104th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Sculptor.

Vit Stoss is most famous for his altarpiece in the cathedral of Trier, Germany.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Veit Stoss ranks 44 out of 258. Before him are Jacopo della Quercia, Eva Hesse, César Manrique, Eduardo Chillida, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Claes Oldenburg. After him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ivan Meštrović, Vera Mukhina, Paeonius, Tilman Riemenschneider, and Andrea della Robbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Veit Stoss ranks 17. Before him are Martin Schongauer, Gerard David, Diogo Dias, Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, and Marko Marulić. After him are Heinrich Isaac, Sikandar Lodi, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Piero Soderini, and Juan de Flandes. Among people deceased in 1533, Veit Stoss ranks 8. Before him are Ludovico Ariosto, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Vasili III of Russia, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, and Huáscar. After him are Túpac Huallpa, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Philip I, Margrave of Baden, and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Veit Stoss ranks 1,107 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Blobel (1894), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), Harald Schumacher (1954), and Ernst Heinkel (1888). After him are Moses Hess (1812), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Niko Kovač (1971), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), and Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Veit Stoss ranks 2. Before him are Eva Hesse (1936). After him are Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Rebecca Horn (1944), Hans Multscher (1400), and Clara Westhoff (1878).

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