/internal/media/dispatcher/7404/fullKaiser Franz II. (I.)1796[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerCarrara marbleAt the height of his career, the sculptor Franz Anton Zauner modeled this marble portrait of Emperor Francis II in the style of Roman imperial busts. It was intended for the Court Library’s mineral collection. He presents the emperor in a strict frontal view. Zauner’s handling of the marble is particularly refined, most evident in the lifelike rendering of the mouth and cheeks. The emperor’s unusual hairstyle also stands out, as it departs from the principles of Classicism; the artist renders the monarch’s natural hair in a slightly stylized manner. Ten years later, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, and Francis II became Francis I, Emperor of the newly established Austrian Empire. Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8359/rdf