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<rdf:RDF xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/" xmlns:rdf="https://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><schema:VisualArtwork><schema:image>/internal/media/dispatcher/79717/full</schema:image><schema:name>Maria Theresa as Queen of Hungary</schema:name><schema:dateCreated>1764/1766</schema:dateCreated><schema:creator>[Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]</schema:creator><schema:creator>Franz Xaver Messerschmidt</schema:creator><schema:artMedium>Tin alloy (79.4% tin, 18.9% copper)</schema:artMedium><schema:description>
The commission to create two statues of the imperial couple was probably the most important in Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s career. Their presentation was widely reported in the press.

Messerschmidt shows Maria Theresa as a young woman with Hungarian costume and the royal regalia, which he represented imaginatively rather than accurately. On her chest she wears a medallion with a portrait of her husband, Emperor Francis Stephen I, and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, otherwise reserved exclusively for men.

The two statues were first transferred from the Hofburg to the Belvedere in 1773. Following several further moves, they have been permanently located at the Belvedere since 1921.</schema:description><schema:artForm>Sculpture</schema:artForm><schema:url>https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8039/rdf</schema:url></schema:VisualArtwork></rdf:RDF>