The Gardener
Giuseppe Arcimboldo · 1587
Why it's great
A bowl of vegetables, which looks like a still life, turns into a man's face when you turn it upside down. Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted it in about 1590, and the roots, onions and peas make up the face.
Where to see it
📍 Museo Civico Ala PonzoneCremona, Italy
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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.
