Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Decorative Arts The bust displays a young

The bust displays a young boy

25" tall X 62" wide X 24

5" tall X 12

which became his home

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Decorative Arts The bust displays a youngAn exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581 1533), Bavaria circa 1500. The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who was a leading figure of Bavarian sculpture in both wood and stone at the beginning of the Renaissance, he produced altars, figures of saints and funerary sculptures. The bust displays a young boy, possibly a novitiate or monastic trainee, the bust is sensitively and finely