Know the Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

In the age of regal Renaissance portraiture, artists were tasked with formally—and of course favorably—capturing their patron’s likenesses. But Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1526–1593) took formality off the menu with his whimsical paintings that were good enough to eat.

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