Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Préface Henri Loyrette                                                                                            9

Préface Renée Price                                                                                              10

Remerciements                                                                                                      13

Avertissement au lecteur                                                                                        15

Vie et oeuvre de Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Maria Pôtzl-Malikova                                                                                            17

Portraits et têtes de Messerschmidt : un art singulier

Guilhem Scherf                                                                                                      31

La fortune artistique de Messerschmidt : deux fins de siècle

Antonia Bostrôm                                                                                                   43

Les « Kopfstücke » de Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Le caractère conflictuel de la relation en miroir

Marie-Claude Lambotte                                                                                        56

CATALOGUE

Maria Pôtzl-Malikova                                                                                            65

Portraits                                                                                                                65

cat. 1-7« Têtes de caractère                                                                                  66

cat. 8 Lithographie                                                                                                 98

cat. 9 Vieil homme barbu                                                                                     102

cat. 10-14 Autoportraits                                                                                      106

cat. 15-17 Têtes au rictus prononcé

avec des coiffures diverses                                                                                   128

cat. 18-22 Têtes ovales et chauves                                                                      140

cat. 23-26 Têtes rondes au cou rentré                                                                  162

cat. 27-30 Têtes chauves projetées en avant,

sur un buste allongé                                                                                             180

Biographie de Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Maria Pôtzl-Malikova                                                                                          199

Relation d'un voyage fait en Allemagne et en Suisse en l'année 1781

Friedrich Nicolai                                                                                                  204

Bibliographie                                                                                                       210

Index des oeuvres de Messerschmidt                                                                   215

Index des noms propres                                                                                      216