Vegetable Portraits by Arcimboldo

One could think that a painter who uses images of vegetables, animals, books, pots, etc. to create cool portraits is most likely to be one of the modern surrealists, but in fact Guiseppe Arcimboldo lived four centuries ago! But we still appreciate and rediscover the paintings of this Italian master.

Vertumnus

Summer

Winter

The Librarian

Eve and the Apple

The Admiral

Flora

The Vegetable Gardener, a visual pun which can be turned upside down.

The Lawyer

Self-Portrait. c.1575