Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Redo Key and Pendulum included

Key and Pendulum included

the chair is raised on tapered legs

An engraving based on this painting was produced in 1596 by the German/Dutch engraver

25" deep (seat height: 19")

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Redo Key and Pendulum includedAn 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