{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"4389"},"locationssite":{"label":"Location","value":"Upper Belvedere"},"invno":{"label":"Inventory number","value":"5640"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"By compressing and pushing forward the muscles and bones, the lower part of this face is distorted into a beak shape, yet never strays from the human form. Messerschmidt\u2019s \u201ccharacter heads\u201d are among the most fascinating works in the Belvedere\u2019s collection. Both bizarre and bemusing, these busts made of alabaster or metal are still shrouded in mystery. Described by the artist himself simply as \u201chead pieces,\u201d they were only given interpretative titles after his death. There are many examples of contemporary artists engaging with this unique body of work."},"title2":{"label":"Alternative Title","value":"Zweiter Schnabelkopf"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Alabaster, mottled brownish stone"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"1"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"\"Character Head\" No. 6"},"classification":{"label":"Genre","value":"Sculpture"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/65368/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1777/1781"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"10194141"},"iiifManifest":{"value":"https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-4389/manifest"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"42,5 x 26 x 24,5 cm"}}]}