About Stanisław Stwosz
Lived 1478 – 1528 (aged 49–50). Stanisław Stwosz was a Polish sculptor.
Reliquary - statue of St. Stanislaus by Stanisław Stwosz, (silver sheet, gilding), c. 1500 Stanisław Stwosz, also Stanislaw Stoss, Stanislas Stack, (1478–1528) was a Polish sculptor.
Stwosz was born in Kraków, the son of the sculptor Veit Stoss. He is credited with authorship of King John I Albert's tombstone in the chapel. Corpus Christi in the Wawel Cathedral (along with Jörg Huber of Passau). He is the author of a triptych depicting St. Stanislaus in 1504 on the south porch entrance to St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków (the preserved part) and the King John I Albert triptych located in the Chapel of the Cathedral of the Czartoryski family. He made a sculpture depicting a scene of the Dormition of the Mother of God for the Corpus Christi Church in Biecz.
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Who was Stanisław Stwosz?
Polish sculptor
When was Stanisław Stwosz born?
Stanisław Stwosz was born in 1478 in Kraków.
When did Stanisław Stwosz die?
Stanisław Stwosz died in 1528 in Nuremberg.
What was Stanisław Stwosz's occupation?
Stanisław Stwosz was a sculptor.
What nationality was Stanisław Stwosz?
Stanisław Stwosz was Polish.
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