Crying Heraclitus Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (after)

Artist	Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (after) Wiesensteig, 1736 – Pozsony [Bratislava], 1783
Culture	Austrian
Date	18th century
Object type	sculpture
Medium, technique	terracotta
Dimensions	48.5 × 26 × 21 cm, 10 kg
Inventory number	3385
Collection	Sculptures
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Balogh, Jolán, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, IV – XVIII. Jahrhundert: 1. Textband Bd. 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1975, p. 258-259., no. 401.

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