Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
After creating stained glass windows for the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Guiseppe Arcimboldo moved to Prague where he was commissioned by the Hapsburg rulers as an architect, collection curator, and interior designer. Arcimboldo was a forerunner of Surrealism, creating portraits with non-human elements that incorporated bold colors and extensive detail.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Conversacione considerabile (A Lot of Talking), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Non ho mai visto il piu* bello (I Have Never Seen Anyone More Handsome) , from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Giocatori smafaroni (Gamesters), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Sig.ri amirativi (Amazed Gentlemen), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Zocchi, Simplicity, 1776
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Giuseppe Santomaso, La Finestra (The Window), 1952
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Giuseppe Angeli, Stations of the Cross - X, 1778
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Oche belle persÛne (Look at the Handsome One), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Ballarina gentilissima ( Most Noble Ballerina), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Sonatori sconcertati (Discordant Musicians), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Rosaspina , Thetis, circa 1805
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Accademici scontornati (Drawing Academy for the Untalented), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Uberiaconi fumanti (Totally Drunk[not a literal translation]), from an unnumbered set of twelve caricatures engraved by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli after Pietro de Rossi*s drawings, 1686
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Giuseppe Cadenasso, Eucalypti, 19th - 20th century
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Giuseppe Cesari (Il Cavaliere d"Arpino), Man with a Spade, 1630
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Giuseppe Camerata II, A Gentlemen and his Servants, 18th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, A Friar with Hood, 18th century
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Giuseppe Acquaroni, Interior of St. Peter"s Cathedral, 1826
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Giuseppe Acquaroni, Interior of St. Peter"s Cathedral, 1826
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Giuseppe Caletti (Il Cremonese), Samson and Delilah, 17th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, A Boy"s Head, after Guercino, 18th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, Head of a Man in a Hat, after Guercino, 18th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, Eneas (?), after Parmigianino, 18th century
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Giuseppe Vasi, Seminario Romano, Rome, 18th century
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Giuseppe Piamontini, Jupiter and Ganymede, early 18th century
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Giuseppe Ninci, St. Peter"s, Rome , 19th century
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Giuseppe Santini, Landscape with Trees, a Well, and a Ruined Castle, 17th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, An Italian Woman with Rosary, 18th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, Veduta del Ponte a Sta. Trinita, Florence, 18th century
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Giuseppe Cesari (Il Cavaliere d"Arpino), Daniel in the Lion"s Den, 17th century
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Bernardino Giuseppe Bison, Seated Woman, 18th - 19th century
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Giuseppe Zocchi, Portriat of P. Caesar Calinus Brixianus, 18th century
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Giuseppe Baroni, Allegorical Figure of a Woman, early 18th century
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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Zuog dal cacciator (Game of the Hunter), 1699
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Giuseppe Lante, The Descent from the Cross-Stazione XIII from La Via Crucis, 1778
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Giuseppe Passeri, Moses and the Daughters of Jethro, late 17th century
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Giuseppe Filippo Liberati Marchi, Portrait of Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, 1770
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Giuseppe Perraccini (Il Mirandolese), Cavalry Engagement, early 18th century
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Ashford Brothers and Company, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807- 1882), 19th century
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Giuseppe Cesari (Il Cavaliere d"Arpino), Standing Female Nude, 17th century

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Olgas Gallery
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