garb of a pilgrim, lifting his tunic to demonstrate the plague sore in his thigh. Even Giorgio Vasari, who did not think much of artists north of the Alps, praised it in his Le Vite and called it "a miracle in wood", though misattributing it. Veit Stoss was buried at St. Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg. His artistic legacy was continued by his son Stanisław. In popular culture Veit Stoss is featured in Judith Weir's opera, The Black Spider. He is one of the singing sculptors in Act 3 Scene 2 inside the Wawel Cathedral. He is shown chiseling at the tomb of King Casimir IV. There is a Polish book (1913) and film (1961) Historia żółtej ciżemki (The story of a yellow crakow) about Veit Stoss in Cracow. Notes and references Sources Further reading External links Robin Pilch Craren (2012): VEIT STOSS/WIT STWOSZ CONTEXTUALIZED WITHIN THE POLISH TRADITION OF SCULPTURE IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, M A Thesis, fulltext, pictures, 118 pp St. Mary's Altar by Veit Stoss, Cracow 2010, detailed videodocument Story of the Cracow altarpiece Web Gallery of Art: STOSS Veit Stoss carving in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Profile of Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz) at Culture.pl Gothic sculptors 15th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 16th-century German sculptors German woodcarvers 15th-century births 1533 deaths People from Horb am Neckar Artists from Nuremberg German Roman Catholics