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Arcimboldi, Giuseppe - Biography & Artworks | Artheon Museum

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Portrait of Arcimboldi, Giuseppe

Arcimboldi, Giuseppe

1520–1593

Nationality: Duchy of Milan

Born: 1520, Milan

Died: 1593, Milan

Gender: male

Movements

Occupations

carpets designer

architectural draftsperson

painter

designer

→ Wikipedia → Wikidata → Getty ULAN

Biography

Italian, Milan (?) 1527?–1593 Milan

Wikidata (CC0); Getty ULAN (ODC-By)

Notable Works

The Four Seasons
The Jurist
Rudolf II of Habsurg as Vertumnus
Portraits of the Archduchesses
The Spring

Artworks

6 artworks

Four Seasons in One Head

Four Seasons in One Head

c. 1590

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67

1564–65

Instruments of Human Sustenance (Humani Victus Instrumenta): Agriculture

Instruments of Human Sustenance (Humani Victus Instrumenta): Agriculture

after 1569

The Instruments of Human Sustenance (Humani Victus Instrumenta): Cooking

The Instruments of Human Sustenance (Humani Victus Instrumenta): Cooking

after 1569

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