{"product_id":"giuseppe-arcimboldo-rudolf-ii-of-habsburg-or-vertumnus-fine-art-print","title":"Giuseppe Arcimboldo — Rudolf II of Habsburg or Vertumnus | Fine Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bust-length face and torso built entirely from fruit, vegetables and flowers against a near-black ground. A pear forms the nose, flushed apples the cheeks, cherries the lips and bristly husks the beard; grapes, ears of wheat and a gourd crown the head. Leaves of cabbage-like green make the shoulders, and a bouquet of a white lily, a pink rose and two red peppers is pinned at the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArcimboldo painted Rudolf II as Vertumnus, the Roman god of the seasons, as a gift to his former employer, with an explanatory poem by his friend Gregorio Comanini. Swedish troops took it from Prague as war booty in 1648, and it reached Skokloster Castle between 1828 and 1845. Skokloster says it became widely valued only after a 1987 exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original: oil on panel, 1591; Skokloster Castle, Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593) was an Italian Mannerist painter, born in Milan. He began by designing stained glass and frescoes for Milanese cathedrals alongside his father, Biagio, and designed tapestries for Como and Monza cathedrals in 1558. From 1562 he served as court portraitist to the Habsburg emperors in Vienna and later Prague, also working as court decorator and costume designer, before retiring to Milan in 1587. He is known for composite heads built from fruit, vegetables, flowers, fish and books, including the series The Four Seasons and The Four Elements, and the Librarian. His work is held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Louvre and the Uffizi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach print is a giclée, printed to order. 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