Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Redo 25" deep (seat height: 19")

25" deep (seat height: 19")

This helmet would have belonged to a nobleman of the Imperial court or a very high ranking officer

circa 1650

The portrait depicting a beautiful young maiden in 18th century costume and holding a vase of flowers

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Redo 25" deep (seat height: 19")An 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