The art of Franz Xavier Messerschmidt, 1736–1783
Jun 23, 2006
Left: The Arch-Evil by Messerschmidt, c. 1770.
The Artist Estranged by Lorenz Eitner
“TO BE IN PRESSBURG and not to visit the famous sculptor Messerschmidt would be a disgrace to the connoisseur of art,” wrote a traveller in the early 1780s, still under the fresh impression of the “Egyptian Heads,” which the unpredictable artist had allowed him [...]
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