Seated Male Nude Holding a Staff — Franz Xaver Messerschmidt | DiscoverArt

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Seated Male Nude Holding a Staff

mid-18th–late 18th century

Black and white chalk on blue paper

41.8 × 26.7 cm (16.5 × 10.5 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More like this

Triton Sounding a Conch Shell

Annibale Carracci — Triton Sounding a Conch Shell

Male Figure Seated on a Column

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes") — Male

The Farnese Hercules

Peter van Lint — The Farnese Hercules

Seated Nude Young Man in Nearly Frontal View

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) — Seated Nude Young M

Seated Male Nude

Ubaldo Gandolfi — Seated Male Nude

Seated Male Nude

Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) — Seated Male Nude

Faun of sater, zittend naar rechts

Faun of sater, zittend naar rechts

Seated Bearded Male Figure Looking to Upper Left

Giovanni Battista Beinaschi — Seated Bearded Male Figure Loo

Christ Blessing

Giacomo Zoboli — Christ Blessing

Standing Male Nude

Agostino Ciampelli — Standing Male Nude

Half-Figure of a Youth with His Right Arm Raised

Simone Cantarini — Half-Figure of a Youth with His Right Arm

Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros — Study of a Figure