The First Messerschmidt for the Metropolitan
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 5/22/2010 08:08:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
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On January 2010 the Met made its acquisition of a bust by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt representing a "Hypocrite and Slanderer". The sculpture is one of 69 character heads thought to have been created before Messerschmidt’s death in 1783.
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Works by Messerschmidt rarely come to the market, and when they do, there are many competitors. 5 years ago, at Sotheby’s in NY, the Louvre beat out the Getty and the Met, spending $4.8 million for the bust of a grimacing figured called “Ill-Humored Man.”
Labels: Art, MUSEUMS, New York, photography
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