Saint Martin
Sculptures
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Portrait of Joseph Kiss
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Austrian |
| Date | 1780–1783 |
| Object type | relief |
| Medium, technique | alabaster |
| Dimensions | diameter: 13 cm |
| Signature | Signed under the shoulder: F · M · SCH |
| Inventory number | 8528 |
| Collection | Sculptures |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, European Sculpture 1350-1800, Gallery 3 |
Joseph Kiss (1748−1813) studied at the Academy of Military Engineering, Vienna. At the beginning of his career he was responsible for river regulation on a section of the Danube at Bratislava (now Slovakia). He later became official engineer at Zombor in Bácska County (Sombor, now Serbia) where the Francis Channel was initially planned by him. This channel linked the River Danube with the River Tisza; it was an outstanding achievement of engineering. Joseph Kiss, a Hungarian intellectual and member of the Josephinist circle of reformers, met Messerschmidt during his stay in Bratislava. It seems the two men became close friends: all the seven portrait medallions now preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, came from Kiss’s estate.
References
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. 257-258., no. 398.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
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