# High Altar of St Mary \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [STOSS, Veit]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Wood ## Commentary The central section with the Dormition of the Virgin dominates the altarpiece.Its figures, far larger than life-size and arranged as if on stage, witness the death of the Virgin and her Assumption into Heaven. The treatment of the subject is unusual. instead of being assembled at the deathbed, the Apostles stand , deeply moved, around the youthful Virgin as she kneels in prayer. The detail shows one of the huge Apostles holding the Virgin. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(a horse\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(a soldier\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(Angel with Lute\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(Apostle John\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(Apostle Peter and Malchus\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(Crucifixion\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(detail of the Lamentation\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(detail of the Lamentation\)]() - [High Altar of St Mary \(detail of the Noli me tangere\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()