Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
Austrian · 1736–1783 · Sculptor, Draughtsman
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Record prices
Charakterkopf eines MannesClarke Auction Gallery · $800≈ £713≈ €819Sign up to see
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
German sculptor (1736-1783)
Born 1736, WiesensteigDied 1783, BratislavaOccupation Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q701769 ↗ULAN 500067615 ↗Museum works 5
Also known as F. X. Messerschmidt, fr. x. messerschmidt, Messer Schmid, Messerschmidt
Works in museum collections
Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.
Belvedere ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Belvedere
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum …
Germanisches Nationalmuseum ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Germanisches N…
Germanisches Nationalmuseum ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Germanisches N…
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Getty Center ↗
CC0 · Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Getty Center
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.