The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
A Hypocrite and a Slanderer
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
- Date
- ca. 1770–83
- Medium
- Tin alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall (wt. confirmed): 14 9/16 x 9 5/8 x 11 5/8 in., 25lb. (37 x 24.4 x 29.5 cm, 11.3399kg)
- Object type
- Bust
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Culture
- Austrian, probably Pressburg (Bratislava)
- Object number
- 2010.24
- Credit line
- Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, and Lila Acheson Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson Gifts, 2010
Artist information
German, Wiesensteig 1736–1783 Pressburg
Subjects and terms
- Heads
- Men
The Met object ID 236688. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.