Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Paintings 960 in March 1994

960 in March 1994

The Oaks and French Oaks winner

blended tones

75" wide X 11" tall

An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Paintings 960 in March 1994An 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