Veit Stoss
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Veit Stoss (Polish: Wit Stwosz) (ca. 1445-50 in Horb am Neckar (Horb at Neckar) - 20 September 1533 in Nuremberg) was a famous German sculptor who came to Kraków, Poland from Nuremberg in 1477.
He carved a magnificent wooden altar in St Mary's Church in Kraków. Among his important works are the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV the Jagiellonian in the Cracow Cathedral, the Altar from Bamberg and some other sculptures in Nuremberg, including the Annunciation and Tobias and the Angel.
Currently, there is a 1/3rd scale replica of the Alter in St. Mary's Church in Kraków in St. John Cantius, located in Chicago, IL
