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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe artʃimˈbɔldo]; 5 April 1527 – 11 July 1593), was an Italian Renaissance painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.[1]


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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), Rudolf II of Habsurg as Vertumnus, 1591, oil on panel, 70 x 58 cm, Skokloster Castle    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo