The Madness Of Messerschmidt

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Take a look at this startling tin alloy bust. It is called 'A Hyporcrite and a Slanderer.' When do you think it was created? Five years ago? Ten? It certainly has the air of something very modern - almost Damian Hirst without the diamonds (as it were).

Would it surprise you to learn that this magnificent head was made almost two hundred and fifty years ago?

(thanks Robert-John)