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A Hypocrite and a Slanderer

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (German, Weisensteig 1736–1783 Pressburg)

Date:: ca. 1770–83
Culture:: Austrian, probably Pressburg (Bratislava)
Medium:: Tin alloy
Dimensions:: Overall (wt confirmed): H. 14 9/16 x W. 9 5/8 x D. 11 5/8 in., 25lb. (37 x 24.4 x 29.5 cm, 11.3399kg)
Classification:: Sculpture
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
Accession Number:: 2010.24

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 693

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: In black paint or pencil on side of cylindrical socle: VB 1876 In black paint or pencil on left side of cylindrical socle: B 188 [r] Stamped on proper right side of cylindrical socle: 39 (This is the number given it when exhibited at Vienna's Burgerspital in 1793.) Partial labels inside the socle: one without writing, one that can be partly transcribed: "ZOL[L] . . ./WIEN . . ./94". (a customs mark).
Provenance

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (until d. 1783) ; by inheritance, the artist's brother Johann Adam Messerschmidt (in 1783) ; Eskeles Collection, Bratislava (before 1935) ; Baroness Karwinski-Gerngross , Vienna (until October 18, 1958) ; European collection (1958–2010) ; [ Roman Herzig , 2010; sold to MMA ]
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