Karakterkop naar Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 - 1783) - 1/3 kandelaar and the cut planes catch

and the cut planes catch the light and shadow that bring out the depth of the stone

Its V-shaped silhouette is worked in high-gloss black lacquer and rich burr walnut veneer

of juist leeg als losstaand object op een dressoir of in een nis

het facet geslepen kristalglas vangt het licht langs de geslepen randen

Afwerking en detaillering verraden het handwerk

Karakterkop naar Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 - 1783) - 1/3 kandelaar and the cut planes catchThis bronze bust is a character head after Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 1783), modelled on his series of Charakterkpfe (Character Heads) made between 1770 and his death in 1783. Where his contemporaries carved portraits, Messerschmidt pushed the human face into extreme expression. This head is taken from The Incompetent Bassoonist, the mouth thrown open in a near shout. It is cast in bronze and finished with a dark, near black patina that reads the