Angelic Salutation by Veit Stoss

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Angelic Salutation by Veit Stoss is a monumental late Gothic sculptural masterpiece depicting the Annunciation, renowned for its intricate carved figures and dramatic composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic artwork
religious artwork
sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance key monument of Nuremberg Late Gothic
major work of Veit Stoss
artisticStyle Late Gothic sculpture
associatedWith St. Lorenz Church
surface form: St. Lorenz parish

von Tucher family
surface form: Tucher family
commissionedBy Anton Tucher
commissionedFor Ballenhauskapelle
surface form: Tucher family chapel
completionDate 1518
country Germany
creator Veit Stoss
depictionForm three-dimensional group
depicts Annunciation
Gabriel
surface form: Archangel Gabriel

God the Holy Spirit
surface form: Holy Spirit

Virgin Mary
genre Christian art
hasPart circular wreath of roses
dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit
figure of Archangel Gabriel
figure of the Virgin Mary
small angel figures
hasType hanging sculptural ensemble
heritageDesignation monumental altarpiece
iconographicTheme Marian devotion
inception 1517
influencedBy late medieval German sculpture
languageOfInscription Latin
locatedInCity Nuremberg
locatedInTheEcclesiasticalTerritory Archdiocese of Bamberg
location St. Lorenz Church, Nuremberg
materialUsed gilding
limewood
polychromy
movement Late Gothic
notableFeature dramatic composition
intricate carved figures
large suspended wreath
life-sized figures
richly painted and gilded surfaces
religion Christianity
significantEvent restoration in the 19th century
restoration in the 20th century
significantPeriod Northern Renaissance
subjectHeading Annunciation
surface form: Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
use devotional object

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St. Lorenz Church notableWorkContained Angelic Salutation by Veit Stoss