Friday, October 7, 2022

Giuseppe Arcimboldo
(1526 - 1593)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo



Autumn (part of the four seasons)
1573
Oil on canvas
76 x 64 cm
The Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065017


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