Arcimboldo, Giuseppe

(Milan, 1527 - Milan, 1593)
Italian

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was working in Italy (Milan Cathedral, cartoon for a tapestry for Como Cathedral) till 1562, when he moved to the imperial court in Vienna to work as a court portraitist and a copyist. In 1570 he departed to Prague to organize a tournament for the wedding of Elizabeth, the daughter of Maximilian II and Charles IX of France. Between the years 1570 and 1587 (when he returned to Milan) he worked for the court in Vienna and Prague (for Maximillian II and his son Rudolf II). He was appointed Palatine Count by Rudolf II in 1592.


	Maximilian II and His Family Giuseppe Arcimboldo 16th century Oil on canvas, 240 x 188 cm Innsbruck, Sammlungen Schloss Ambras


	Autumn and Winter Anonymous Etching, 17.3 x 23.5 cm Stockholm, Nationalmuseum


	Female Cook Anonymous Black stone, pen and sepia on paper, 20 x 14.7 cm Paris, Bibliotheque de l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts


	Spring and Summer Anonymous Etching, 16.3 x 23.1 cm Stockholm, Nationalmuseum


	Composite Profile of Pietro Bacci Anonymous 16th century bronze medallion, diameter: 4.68 cm Brescia, Civici Musei d'arte e storia


	Winter Anonymous about 16th century Oil on panel, 43.2 x 31.7 cm Basel, private collection


	Herod Anonymous 17th century Oil on panel, 45.6 x 34 cm Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum

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