Stanisław Samostrzelnik was a son of Piotr and Anna Samostrzelnik, who lived in the Kraków mansion of Cistercian Abbot of Koprzywnica [REF].
Upon his return he established his own workshop in Kraków[REF] at Świdniecka Street, where he received commissions from the local patriciate, clergy and the royal court (including the Prayer Book of Queen Bona Sforza).