{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"4260"},"locationssite":{"label":"Location","value":"Upper Belvedere"},"invno":{"label":"Inventory number","value":"5509"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"At first glance, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt\u2019s \u201cCharacter Heads\u201d resemble the study models used in the academic art training of his day to demonstrate different facial expressions. But these busts, made from high-quality materials such as alabaster and metal, are works of art in their own right, created by the sculptor on his own initiative beginning in the 1770s. In them, he presents a wide range of human expressions, some of which are less than flattering, as in this head, with its eyes wide open and brow deeply furrowed. Messerschmidt\u2019s faces, pushed to extremes, are anything but academic and, with their unusual humor, perhaps challenge the severity of neoclassical ideals."},"title2":{"label":"Alternative Title","value":"Der Schaafkopf"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Brown-flecked alabaster"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"1"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":["https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/internal/media/dispatcher/165290/full"]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"\"Character Head\" No. 17"},"classification":{"label":"Genre","value":"Sculpture"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/internal/media/dispatcher/65358/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1777/1783"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"11176222"},"iiifManifest":{"value":"https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-4260/manifest"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"43,5 × 21 × 33 cm"}}]}