Belvedere Museum

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783), a quirky 18th century Habsburg court sculptor.

 

A series of eerily lifelike character heads. Their most unusual faces are contorted by extreme emotions. They're not just smiling but guffawing; not just frightening but terrified; not just in pain but in agony; not just angry but furious. - Rick Steves

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