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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 132,253 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Veit Stoss is the 47th most popular sculptor (up from 418th in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,107th 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Veit Stoss ranks 47 out of 189. Before him are César Manrique, Leochares, Eduardo Chillida, Alcamenes, François Rude, and Étienne Maurice Falconet. After him are Andrea della Robbia, Ivan Meštrović, Vera Mukhina, Tilman Riemenschneider, Isamu Noguchi, and Paeonius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Veit Stoss ranks 16. Before him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Marko Marulić, Francisco de Almeida, Diogo Dias, Pêro da Covilhã, and Ravidas. After him are Heinrich Isaac, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Zagan Pasha, Francesco Francia, Juan de Flandes, and Gaspar Corte-Real. Among people deceased in 1533, Veit Stoss ranks 8. Before him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Vasili III of Russia, Ludovico Ariosto, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, and Huáscar. After him are Túpac Huallpa and Cornelis Engebrechtsz..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Veit Stoss ranks 1,218 out of 6,142. Before him are Fritz Bauer (1903), Theodelinda (570), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Carl Clauberg (1898), and Méret Oppenheim (1913). After him are Severinus of Noricum (410), Leo Strauss (1899), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Douglas Sirk (1897), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), and Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206).

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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), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Rebecca Horn (1944), Rudolf Belling (1886), Georg Kolbe (1877), and Eva Hesse (1936).

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