Karakterkop naar Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 - 1783) - 1/3 kandelaar The Keeper of Time and

The Keeper of Time and Space is an abstract marble sculpture carved from deep black marble

recognisable by its warm flame figure and the small knots in the surface

and the cut planes catch the light and shadow that bring out the depth of the stone

hoge schouders die smal toelopen naar de voet

Als paar staan de kandelaren het mooist symmetrisch

Karakterkop naar Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 - 1783) - 1/3 kandelaar The Keeper of Time andThis bronze bust is a character head after Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736 1783), modelled on his series of Charakterkpfe (Character Heads) made between 1770 and his death in 1783. Where his contemporaries carved portraits, Messerschmidt pushed the human face into extreme expression. This head is taken from The Incompetent Bassoonist, the mouth thrown open in a near shout. It is cast in bronze and finished with a dark, near black patina that reads the