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The Veit Stoss Altarpiece is a monumental carved and painted winged altarpiece made for Saint Mary's Basilica in Kraków and completed in 1489. Constructed principally from limewood, it rises approximately 13 metres and centers on a crowded scene of the Dormition of the Virgin, with other Marian and...
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Monumental late Gothic sculpture landmark, spectacular scale and carving, one of Central Europe's most famous altarpieces.
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The Bamberg Altarpiece is a carved wooden altarpiece by the German sculptor Veit Stoss, created for Bamberg Cathedral in the early sixteenth century. Its reliefs and figures present Christian devotional subjects through deeply cut drapery, animated gestures, and the intricate surface treatment assoc...
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Notable Stoss-associated carved altar, respected regionally, but less secure and less celebrated than Krakow.
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