Rudolf II as Vertumnus
Giuseppe Arcimboldo · 1591
Why it's great
The emperor's face is made of fruit, vegetables and flowers, with pears for his chin and peas for his eyelids. Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted Emperor Rudolf II as the Roman god of the seasons in 1591.
Where to see it
📍 Skokloster CastleHåbo Municipality, Sweden
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter, born in Milan in 1527. He is famous for portraits made of fruit, vegetables, flowers, fish and books, which work as faces when you look from far away. He worked for the Habsburg emperors in Vienna and Prague and died in 1593.
