Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.
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About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1736 to 1783 · aged 47
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