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Veit Stoss or in Polish Wit Stwosz (ca. 1445-50 in Horb am Neckar - 20 September 1533 in Nuremberg) was a famous German sculptor who came to Cracow, Poland from Nuremberg in 1477.
He carved a magnificent wooden altar in St Mary's Church in Cracow. Among his important works are the tomb of 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.
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