Seated Male Nude Holding a Staff
Franz Xaver MesserschmidtWW-1750-006258
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Catalogue
- Year
- 1750
- Dimensions
- 16 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (41.8 x 26.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1750
- Dimensions
- 16 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (41.8 x 26.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1750-006258
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified