Character Heads: Afflicted with Constipation

Franz Xaver MesserschmidtWW-1800-543663

1800·lead

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Year: 1800
Medium: lead
Artist: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Artist

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Sculpture

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.

Swabia, Germany

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Character Heads: The Satirist

1800 · lead

WW-1800-543662

Character Heads

1800 · lead

WW-1800-543664

The Simpleton

1777 · alabaster

WW-1777-543661

A Hypocrite and a Slanderer

1776 · tin

WW-1765-T001587

The Vexed Man

1771 · alabaster

WW-1771-543665

Witwe-von-Sarepta-Brunnen

1769

WW-1769-543660

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Artist: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Year: 1800
Medium: lead
Watts ID: WW-1800-543663

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