Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe artʃimˈbɔldo]; also spelled Arcimboldi) (1526 or 1527 – July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books.
Biography[edit] His father, Biagio Arcimboldo, was an artist of Milan. Like his father, Giuseppe Arcimboldo started his career as a designer for stained glass and frescoes at local cathedrals when he was 21 years old.[1] He also married later on. In 1562, he became court portraitist to Ferdinand I at the Habsburg court in Vienna, and later, to Maximilian II and his son Rudolf II at the court in Prague. He was also the court decorator and costume designer. Giuseppe Arcimboldo - The complete works. Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Olga's Gallery. Archimboldo. Giuseppe Arcimboldo Renaissance Mannerist — Giuseppe Arcimboldo, (also spelled Arcimboldi), royal painter and imperial party planner to sixteenth-century Italian emperors; Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolf II.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born in 1527 and grew up during the High Renaissance. Arcimboldo. ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe Italian painter (b. ca. 1530, Milano, d. 15. Giuseppe Arcimboldo Paintings.