7/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/internal/media/dispatcher/17555/fullEmperor Joseph IIc. 1795[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerCast lead, bronzedSculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/2986/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/16594/fullTrotting Horsec. 1795/1800[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerLeadSculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/2107/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/9511/fullGenius Borniic. 1785[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerPlaster, bronzedAbguss des Modells für das Denkmal des Geologen Ignaz von Born (1742–1791).Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8092/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/9260/fullCommerce1783[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerPlaster, patinated redModell für eine Giebelfigur des Palais Fries (heute Palais Pallavicini) am Josefsplatz in Wien.Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8093/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/9261/fullFreedom1783[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerPlaster, patinated redModell für eine Giebelfigur des Palais Fries (heute Palais Pallavicini) am Josefsplatz in Wien.Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8094/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/101434/fullPerseus and Andromeda1777[Franz Anton Zauner]Franz Anton ZaunerPlaster, tintedFranz Anton Zauner created Perseus and Andromeda, a small sculptural group depicting a mythological scene, in Rome, where he studied ancient antiquities as well as the works of Michelangelo and Raphael. The sculptor captures the moment when Andromeda, as if in a daze, steps away from the rock to which she had been chained, while Perseus stands at her side, offering his support. The monster he has just slain appears beneath the rock on the left. Zauner’s turn toward the ideal of the human form in classical antiquity indicates that his work stands at the transition from Baroque to Neoclassicism. Zauner headed the sculpture class at the Academy of Fine Arts and served as its director from 1806 to 1815. During this period, the institution became one of the most important art academies in Europe.Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/775/rdf