Veit Stoss
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Veit Stoss was a renowned late Gothic sculptor and woodcarver of the German-Polish Renaissance, celebrated for his highly detailed religious works and expressive altarpieces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Veit Stoss canonical | 8 |
| Naumburg Master | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4047783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veit Stoss Context triple: [St. Mary’s Basilica, altarpieceBy, Veit Stoss]
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Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Teobert Maler
Teobert Maler was an Austrian-born explorer, photographer, and archaeologist known for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Mexico and Central America.
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C.
Viktor Hartmann
Viktor Hartmann was a 19th-century Russian architect and painter whose work in a national, historically inspired style helped shape the Russian Revival movement and famously inspired Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition."
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D.
Ulrich Greifelt
Ulrich Greifelt was a high-ranking Nazi SS official who played a central role in racial and resettlement policies and was the principal defendant in the postwar RuSHA Trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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E.
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt was a prominent Austrian Baroque architect renowned for his grand palaces and churches in Vienna and across the Habsburg Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veit Stoss Target entity description: Veit Stoss was a renowned late Gothic sculptor and woodcarver of the German-Polish Renaissance, celebrated for his highly detailed religious works and expressive altarpieces.
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A.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Teobert Maler
Teobert Maler was an Austrian-born explorer, photographer, and archaeologist known for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Mexico and Central America.
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C.
Viktor Hartmann
Viktor Hartmann was a 19th-century Russian architect and painter whose work in a national, historically inspired style helped shape the Russian Revival movement and famously inspired Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition."
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D.
Ulrich Greifelt
Ulrich Greifelt was a high-ranking Nazi SS official who played a central role in racial and resettlement policies and was the principal defendant in the postwar RuSHA Trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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E.
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt was a prominent Austrian Baroque architect renowned for his grand palaces and churches in Vienna and across the Habsburg Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance artist
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human ⓘ late Gothic artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ woodcarver ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Germany
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Kraków ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| artMedium |
polychromed wood
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stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Duchy of Württemberg
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Horb am Neckar ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1447 ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Holy Roman Empire
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Kingdom of Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfBurial | Germany ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nuremberg ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1533 ⓘ |
| genre |
altarpieces
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religious art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Central European sculpture
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German Renaissance sculpture ⓘ Polish Renaissance sculpture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Late Gothic sculpture
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linked to:
Late Gothic
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| movement |
Late Gothic
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Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| name |
Veit Stoss
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Veit Stoß ⓘ Wit Stwosz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed polychrome sculpture
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expressive religious imagery ⓘ large carved wooden altarpieces ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Altarpiece of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków
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linked to:
St. Mary’s Basilica (Kraków)
Angel’s Greeting (Engelsgruß) in St. Lorenz, Nuremberg ⓘ
linked to:
St. Lorenz Church, Nuremberg
Annunciation relief in St. Lorenz Church, Nuremberg ⓘ High Altar of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków ⓘ
linked to:
St. Mary’s Basilica (Kraków)
Rosenkranztafel (Rosary Panel) in Nuremberg ⓘ Tomb of King Casimir IV Jagiellon in Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Tombs of Polish Kings
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| occupation |
engraver
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sculptor ⓘ woodcarver ⓘ |
| patron |
Casimir IV Jagiellon
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Nuremberg patricians ⓘ
linked to:
Nuremberg patriciate
Polish royal court ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
complex compositions
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dramatic drapery ⓘ expressive figures ⓘ highly detailed carving ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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