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El hipócrita difamador

ca. 1770–83
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 639
Hacia el final de su carrera, el escultor austriaco Messerschmidt produjo de manera obsesiva una serie de aproximadamente sesenta bustos en metal o en alabastro representando diversos caracteres o tipos. Los bustos se remiten a las tradiciones artísticas que relacionaban la expresión facial con las emociones, aunque también reflejan teorías médicas de la época que vinculaban los sentidos externos con los sentimientos internos. Algunos, como éste, muestran profunda introspección. Con una combinación original de realismo y abstracción, el escultor representó a un hombre corpulento, casi calvo, con la cabeza hundida en el pecho. Las arrugas concéntricas y los pliegues simétricos de la papada crean líneas de tensión.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: El hipócrita difamador
  • Artista: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, austríaco, nacido en Alemania, 1736–1783
  • Fecha: ca. 1770–1783
  • Material: Aleación de estaño
  • Dimensiones: 37 x 24,4 x 29,5 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Fondo de Escultura y Artes Decorativas Europeas; y donaciones de Lila Acheson Wallace, Sr. Mark Fisch y Sra., y Sr. Frank E. Richardson y Sra., 2010
  • Número de inventario: 2010.24
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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