Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Italian painter
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi, was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.
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Born: April 5, 1526, Milan, Italy
Died: July 11, 1593 (age 67 years), Milan, Italy
Parents: Biagio Arcimboldo and Chiara Parisi
Period: Mannerism
Known for: Painting
Notable work: The Librarian, 1566; Vertumnus, 1590–1591; Flora, c. 1591
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