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Inverno (1563)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Inverno (Winter) 1563 Oil on limewood, 66.6 x 50.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. On the back side: 1563 HIEMS Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and Prague since 1562. As well…

Estate (1563)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1563 Oil on limewood, 67 x 50.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the collar and shoulders: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. 1563 On the back side: 1563 AESTAS Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and…

Inverno (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Inverno (Winter) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.6 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Estate (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 64 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Autunno (1573)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Autunno (Autumn) 1573 Oil on panel, 76 x 63.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The four seasons, © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier – M. Bard Origin: Series of four paintings (R.F. 1964-30 to 33) representing the Seasons, most…

Le Rêve (1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…

Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (c.1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Femme se promenant dans un forêt exotique (Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest) c.1910 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Rousseau became the unlikely hero of the Parisian avant-garde for his “naïve” style and…