born 1438/47, Swabia
died 1533, Nürnberg
German sculptor and wood carver.
He worked mainly in Poland from 1477 to 1496; among his principal works is the majestic high altar in the Church of the Virgin Mary in Kraków (147789). After his return to Germany, he settled in Nürnberg and produced important wood and stone sculptures in churches there and in Bamberg. His nervous, angular forms, realistic detail, and virtuoso wood carving synthesized the sculptural styles of Flemish and Danubian art, and he exercised great influence on German late Gothic sculpture.
The Archangel Raphael , wood sculpture by Veit Stoss, 151618; ...
Courtesy of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nurnberg