Monthly Archives: February 2013

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Kurbis Kopfstücke

The Belvedere in Vienna has sixteen of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s so-called “character heads” in their collection.  Messerschmidt, born in Bavaria in 1736, studied sculpture and completed early court commissions in Vienna until his sudden departure in 1770, after what is

/ GLS, RMW

Kurbis Kopfstücke

The Belvedere in Vienna has sixteen of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s so-called “character heads” in their collection.  Messerschmidt, born in Bavaria in 1736, studied sculpture and completed early court commissions in Vienna until his sudden departure in 1770, after what is