Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Decorative Arts most likely signifying a marriage

most likely signifying a marriage

25" tall X 62" wide X 24

The bust displays a young boy

"Black Eagle" was purchased by the circus proprietors

which became his home

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Decorative Arts most likely signifying a marriageAn 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