Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Mid-Century Modern 25" tall (Framed)

25" tall (Framed)

the armoire having a domed top with twin doors below flanked with ribbed pilasters and topped with carved 'Green Man' grotesque masks

5lbs total The bronze bust alone (not mounted): 12

29" tall X 24

the case enclosing an ink stone and ivory stylus with engraved Japanese calligraphy

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Mid-Century Modern 25" tall (Framed)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