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Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500
Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500

Located in Portland, OR

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 ...

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German Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

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Gesso, Wood

Calzetta Da Ravenna Severo Candlestick Depicting a Kneeling Satyr
Calzetta Da Ravenna Severo Candlestick Depicting a Kneeling Satyr

Calzetta Da Ravenna Severo Candlestick Depicting a Kneeling Satyr

By Severo Calzetta da Ravenna

Located in Milano, IT

Calzetta Da Ravenna (Attivo Tra IL 1496 E IL 1543 circa) Severo. Circle of. Candlestick depicting a kneeling satyr. The model of the present bronze is the ""kneeling satyr"" attributed to Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, one of the main Paduan bronze sculptors of the first half of the 16th century, whose figure was rediscovered by Planiscig in 1935 (L. Planiscig, ""Severo da Ravenna...

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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

Materials

Bronze

A Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Jesus Christ
A Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Jesus Christ

A Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Jesus Christ

Located in Long Island City, NY, NY

Magnificent and Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Christ, Flemish Netherlandish, C. 1550 A powerful and deeply expressive Renaissance carved oak bust of Jesus C...

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Dutch Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

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Oak

Pair of 16th Century Carved Wooden Terms or Beam Supports from Northern Europe
Pair of 16th Century Carved Wooden Terms or Beam Supports from Northern Europe

Pair of 16th Century Carved Wooden Terms or Beam Supports from Northern Europe

Located in Dallas, TX

A fascinating bit of history, this pair of carved wooden terms dates to the High Renaissance during the 1500s. A term is a beam support in the form of a human head where the bust con...

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European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

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Metal, Iron

16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk

16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

The monk is depicted with an oval face, marked with high and strong cheekbones, sunken cheeks, strong jawbones and a cleft chin. His almond shaped eyes are opened under very strong a...

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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

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Wood

A Rare Bronze Bust of Emperor Vitellius, North Italian, 16th century
A Rare Bronze Bust of Emperor Vitellius, North Italian, 16th century

A Rare Bronze Bust of Emperor Vitellius, North Italian, 16th century

Located in London, GB

North Italian, 16th century Bust of the emperor Vitellius Bronze, on later bronze socle, lead support to reverse 18 cm. / 7 ins (the bust), 23 cm. / 9 ins overall This fine and apparently unique all’antica Renaissance bronze is inspired by a bust in Venice thought to depict the Roman emperor Vitellius (15-69 AD), who ruled for only eight months in 69 AD before he was overthrown by Vespasian. The Vitellio Grimani, also known as the pseudo-Vitellius, was discovered in Rome in 1505 during excavations on the Quirinale on land owned by the Venetian cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461-1523). On the death of Grimani the Vitellius was sent to Venice and bequeathed to the Republic of Venice, where it was displayed at the Palazzo Ducale from 1525 to 1593. It is now in the Museo arceologico nazionale di Venezia (inv. 20) and regarded as a portrait of an unknown Roman from the first half of the second century AD. The present small bust, with its rough, waxy surface and imaginative adaptation of the antique model on which it is based, bears all the hallmarks of Renaissance bronze modelling in the north of Italy. Indeed, the vigorous modelling is reminiscent of the works by Andrea Briosco, called Il Riccio (1470-1532), who worked in Padua in the Veneto and specialised in small bronzes based on antique subjects. See, for example, his head of Bacchus (private collection, offered at Sotheby’s London in 2021), which has a similarly waxy treatment of the hair. The fantastical lion-mask on the breastplate, with its stylised face and unusual braids of hair, is also typical of the imaginative re-working of antique motifs by Renaissance artists. This indicates that the present bust is probably by a follower of Riccio working in Padua or another centre of classicism in the Veneto. RELATED LITERATURE: L. Planiscig, 'Andrea Riccio...

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Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Busts

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Bronze

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