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Photographer: Robert Breuer (via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license)
Taken: October 6, 2006
Caption: Altar of Veit Stoss, St. Mary's Church, Krakow
Additional Description: The Altarpiece by Veit Stoss in Kraków (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza, German: Krakauer Hochaltar), also St. Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. It is located behind the High altar of St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków. The altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1484 by the German sculptor Veit Stoss (known in Polish as Wit Stwosz) who moved to the city at around that time and lived there for the next 20 years.... - Wikipedia
Submitted: June 7, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p429649
File Size: 1.365 Megabytes

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