Arcimboldo's Vertumnus
c. 1590–91 · Work
Arcimboldo paints his emperor as the Roman god of the seasons, his face built entirely from fruit, flowers and vegetables — a joke and an allegory of a golden age.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Arts and Thoughts, The Habsburg Dynasty, Master, Renaissance
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