Monday, April 13, 2026

Giuseppe Arcimboldo
(1527 - 1593)
 
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi was an Italian Mannerist 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


Spring
1573
oil on canvas
118.4 x 188.5 cm
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

The Seasons or The Four Seasons is a set of four paintings produced in 1563, 1572 and 1573 by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He offered the set to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1569, accompanying The Four Elements. Each shows a profile portrait made up of fruit, vegetables and plants relating to the relevant season. The set was accompanied by a poem by Giovanni Battista Fonteo (1546–1580) explaining their allegorical meaning. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Arcimboldo)

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593)   Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating im...