One Fine Show: “Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, More Than Character Heads” at the Belvedere in Vienna |
Created without sitters or commissions, his character heads mark a deliberate break from courtly expectations and elite self-fashioning. Courtesy of the Belvedere, Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna
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