Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1526 – 1593
Italian painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer, active also in Austria and Bohemia. He came from a distinguished Milanese family that included a number of archbishops of the city; his father was the painter Biagio Arcimboldo. He is first documented in 1549, working with his father for Milan Cathedral; he received payments until 1558 for supplying paintings, designs for an altar baldachin and stained-glass windows for the cathedral.
50 artworks in collection
Locations
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Works
15451591
15451591
Museum
Pairs of Allegories
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, Private collection1563
Air
Private collection1566
Earth
Private collection1566
Earth (detail)
Private collection1566
Fire
Private collection1572
The Waiter
Private collection1574
The Four Seasons in one Head (detail)
Private collection1590
The Four Seasons in one Head
Private collection1590
Flora
Private collection1591
