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Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Exhibition view "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. More Than Character Heads", Lower Belvedere
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, „Self-Portrait, Laughing“, c. 1777–83
Szépművészeti Múzeum / Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2025
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, „Character Head“ No. 25, 1771/83
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, „Character Head“ No. 48, 1777/83
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, „Character Head“ No. 27, c. 1777–83
Belvedere, Vienna, photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Franz Anton Mesmer, 1770
Belvedere, Vienna, on permanent loan from private collection
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Gerard Van Swieten, 1769
Belvedere, Vienna, On loan from the University of Vienna
Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Allegory of Religion, c. 1775–77
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Joseph Ducreux, Self-Portrait, called „La surprise“ (Surprise), c. 1790–1800
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, photo: Anna Danielsson / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, Portrait Study of a Man Gazing Upward, 1774
Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Bearded Old Man, c. 1772–74
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Kaiser Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen, 1766
Belvedere, Vienna, photo: Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Maria Theresa as Queen of Hungary, 1764–66
Belvedere, Vienna, photo: Belvedere, Vienna
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Martin Georg Kovachich, 1782
Szépművészeti Múzeum / Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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