Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Italian | 1527 - 1593

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian Old Masters painter who was born in 1527. Their work is currently being shown at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Centre Pompidou Metz have featured Giuseppe Arcimboldo's work in the past.Giuseppe Arcimboldo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 37 USD to 1,432,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,432,500 USD for A REVERSIBLE ANTHROPOMORPHIC PORTRAIT OF A MAN COMPOSED OF FRUIT, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2000. Giuseppe Arcimboldo has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in April 2025. The artist died in 1593.

Artist's alternative names: Giuseppe Arcimboldi, Guiseppe Archimboldo

At Auction

Notable Lots

Dans le go没t d'Arcimboldo. Buste d'un personnage en coquillage. Fin du 19e si猫cle / d茅but du 20e si猫cle - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Dans le goût d'Arcimboldo. Buste d'un personnage en coquillage. Fin du 19e siècle / début du 20e siècle

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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AN ALLEGORY OF DEATH

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Variations; Untitled (x4)

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Recent Auction Results

SEASONS

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Barbara Zdrada, Flora, inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Dans le goût d'Arcimboldo. Buste d'un personnage en coquillage. Fin du 19e siècle / début du 20e siècle

By Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Current Exhibitions

Nature's Time

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Vienna | Austria

Mar 11,2025 - Jun 29,2025

Past Exhibitions

Kinga: Mystical Beings

Heitsch Galerie

Munich | Germany

Jun 09,2023 - Jul 29,2023

Arcimboldo Face to Face

Centre Pompidou Metz

Metz | France

May 29,2021 - Nov 22,2021

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Articles

ArtDaily 29/04/2025

The Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (1552鈥�1612), a great patron of the arts and sciences, was also one of the European rulers most keenly interested in the study of nature.

ArtDaily 30/03/2025

The Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (1552鈥�1612), a great patron of the arts and sciences, was also one of the European rulers most keenly interested in the study of nature.

Artmajeur Magazine 18/03/2025

Art has always found nature to be one of its greatest sources of inspiration, and the four elements 鈥� Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 鈥� have been represented throughout the centuries with profound symbolic and expressive meanings.

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Coverage

鈥� .. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526鈥�1593) is best known for his 禄composite heads芦 that comprise a profusion of objects (fruits, animals, flowers etc.) to form an allegory or personification... 鈥�
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Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna