1. ARCIMBOLDO

2. GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO
*He was born in Italy (Milan) in
1526 or 1527. So, he was Italian.
* In 1562, he became court
portraitist to Ferdinand I at
the Habsburg court in Vienna.
*He was known for creating
imaginative portrait heads made
entirely of such objects as fruits,
vegetables, fish, flowers and
books.
*He was a painter (artist).
*He died on 11th July 1593. He
was 66 years old when died.

3. THE FOUR SEASONS
• Spring
• Summer
• Autumn
• Winter
They are at the Louvre Museum
in Paris, France.

4. THE 4 ELEMENTS IN NATURE
AIR
(made of
birds)
FIRE
(made of
candles,
fire and
strings)
WATER
(made of
fish,
seafood,…)
EARTH
(made
of land
animals)

5. OTHER PAINTINGS
THE WAITER
THE LIBRARIAN
FLORA

6. What fruits and vegetables can you
see in the painting ?
Write a list:
VERTUMNUS (1590)
Vertumnus, a portrait
depicting Rudolf II, Holy
Roman Emperor painted
as Vertumnus, the
Roman God of the
seasons, c. 1590-
1. Skokloster Castle,
Sweden.

7. What do you see here?

8. And…now?

9. It is the same painting!!
Arcimboldo Vegetables in a Bowl or The Gardener