Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Sold A fine antique Irish sterling

A fine antique Irish sterling silver footed bowl by William Egan

5" deep (47

they sit before an empty handled feeding bowl

a rare & important piece of Americana

with a cobalt blue background

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Sold A fine antique Irish sterlingAn 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