SCULPTOR

Veit Stoss

1450 - 1533

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Veit Stoss (also: Veit 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veit Stoss has received more than 137,544 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Veit Stoss is the 44th most popular sculptor (up from 47th in 2019), the 1,104th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,218th in 2019) and the most popular German Sculptor.

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

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Veit Stoss ranks 44 out of 258. Before him are Louise Bourgeois, Ivan Meštrović, Józef Gosławski, César Manrique, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Alcamenes. After him are Claes Oldenburg, Naum Gabo, Tilman Riemenschneider, François Rude, Chares of Lindos, and Eduardo Chillida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Veit Stoss ranks 14. Before him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Diogo Dias, Martin Schongauer, Francisco de Almeida, Marko Marulić, and Gerard David. After him are Ravidas, Zagan Pasha, Heinrich Isaac, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Juan de Flandes, and Francesco Francia. Among people deceased in 1533, Veit Stoss ranks 8. Before him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Ludovico Ariosto, Vasili III of Russia, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, and Huáscar. After him are Túpac Huallpa, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Philip I, Margrave of Baden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Veit Stoss ranks 1,104 out of 7,253. Before him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Robert Michels (1876), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617). After him are Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Gottfried Feder (1883), Henry Suso (1295), Petrus Apianus (1495), Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), and Prince Henry of Prussia (1862).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Veit Stoss ranks 1. After him are Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Clara Westhoff (1878), Georg Kolbe (1877), Rebecca Horn (1944), and Rudolf Belling (1886).

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