In this, these portraits recall the tronies of Dutch Golden Age painting, and the "character heads" of his contemporary the Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783), some of whose busts were self-portraits with extreme expressions.
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt - Austrian sculptor best known for his extreme "character heads"
Franz Liszt | Franz Schubert | Franz Kafka | Franz Joseph I of Austria | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Boas | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Franz Lehár | Franz Josef Land | Franz Werfel | Franz von Papen | Franz Kline | Franz Beckenbauer | Franz Marc | Franz Kneisel | Franz Joseph | Franz Welser-Möst | Franz Rosenzweig | Franz Kugler | Franz Xaver Winterhalter | Franz Sigel | Franz Josef Strauss | Philipp Franz von Siebold | Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn | Franz Schreker | Franz Xaver Kroetz | Franz Xaver Gruber | Franz Waxman | Franz-Paul Decker |