Collection: Messerschmidt | Face Expressions
The Vexed Man is one of a series of portrait busts or Character Heads made by Franz Xavier Messerschmidt, an eighteen-century German sculptor active in Austria. This bust portrays a middle-aged man with a sour expression, which seems to fall somewhere between a grimace and a scowl. This bust and the series The Heads that it belongs to reflect the intellectual concerns of artists and scholars during the Enlightenment era, when a surge of interest in the sciences occurred. Studies in physiognomy were highly popular at the time.
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Vexed Man Portrait Character Head by Messerschmidt
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Constipation Portrait Character Head by Messerschmidt
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Strong Man Portrait Bust Desk Statue Man Funny Face by Messerschmidt
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