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The First Messerschmidt for the Metropolitan

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On January 2010 the Met made its acquisition of a bust by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt representing a "Hypocrite and Slanderer". The sculpture is one of 69 character heads thought to have been created before Messerschmidt’s death in 1783.
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Works by Messerschmidt rarely come to the market, and when they do, there are many competitors. 5 years ago, at Sotheby’s in NY, the Louvre beat out the Getty and the Met, spending $4.8 million for the bust of a grimacing figured called “Ill-Humored Man.”

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