Summer
1563, Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Summer
Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and Prague since 1562. As well as a portraitist, he was mainly renowned for his work as a producer and designer of courtly tournaments and wedding celebrations. In 1563, however, he created a series of paintings of the seasons, the uniqueness of which was the basis of the painter’s later fame. Made up of plant pieces and fruit, at no point does “Summer” show the surface of a natural face. The signature and date are subtly woven into the straw.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Lombard
Dated
1563
Artist
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 - 1593 Mailand) - GND
Material
Limewood
Dimensions
67 cm x 50,8 cm
Framed: 78,7 cm x 63 cm x 6,3 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the collar and shoulders: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. 1563
Inscribed
auf der Rückseite: 1563 AESTAS
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1589
Provenance
for Archduke Maximilian, the later Emperor Maximilian (?); painted from the treasury of Rudolf II; 1748 in the Vienna treasury; from 1830 in the picture gallery
IGS - Sommer - Archimboldo
OESG - Sommer - Archimboldo
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