Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

More Than Character Heads

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, „Self-Portrait, Laughing“, c. 1777–83
Szépművészeti Múzeum / Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2025

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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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