Kaiserin Elisabeth mit offenem Haar
1903 (?)
Medium
Gips
Dimensions
H: 42 × 32 × 30 cm
Classification
Büste
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
6526
Art Historical Context
Behold the evocative plaster bust *Kaiserin mit offenem Haar* Stefan Schwartz, created around 1903 and housed in Vienna's prestigious Belvedere Collection. Measuring 42 × 32 × 30 cm this intimate sculpture captures the Empress Elisabeth of Austria—ectionately known as S—with her signature loose, hair, evoking her beauty and tragic allure.isi, consort of Emperor Franz Joseph I, remains one of Europe's most romanticized figures, famed for her porcelain skin athletic grace, and restless. Crafted in g (plaster), a medium favored by sculptors for its malleability, the bust likely served as a prepa...