Stoss, Veit (c. 1450–1533)

German sculptor and painter. He was active in Nuremberg and Poland. He carved a wooden altarpiece with high relief panels in St Mary's, Kraków, a complicated design with numerous figures that centres on the Death of the Virgin (1477–89).

Stoss was born in Nuremberg and returned there from Poland. The figure of St Roch about 1510 in Sta Annunziata, Florence, shows his characteristic Flemish realism and bold drapery. Most of his sculptures were brightly painted.