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Interpreting Arcimboldo: grotesque parodies or serious jokes?
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 368-375
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Author:
Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta (Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta)
Subjects
art literature:
Gombrich, E. H.
artists:
Arcimboldi, Giuseppe / Mor, Antonis / Sánchez Coello, Alonso
dates:
1500-1599 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain / National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan / Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
patrons:
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 / Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612 / Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553-1595
patrons:
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1527-1576
subjects:
Italian painting / Allegory / Natural history / Satire / Iconography / Attribution / Patronage / Exhibition reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Spring, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. After 1563. Canvas, 66 by 50 cm. (Museo de Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
10. A reindeer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1562. 25.8 by 22.2 cm. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; BPK).
Attributed works:
2. Flora, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1589. Panel, 74.5 by 57.5 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
3. Flora Meretrix, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 80.5 by 61 cm. (Private collection, Madrid; courtesy Fundación March; exh. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao).
Attributed works:
4. Winter, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 66.6 cm by 50.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
5. Winter, here attributed to an imitator of Arcimboldo. c.1590. Panel, 67.8 by 56.2 cm. (Bavarian State Collections, Munich; exh. Gallerie Nazionale di Arte Antica di Roma, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
6. Summer, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1563. Canvas, 67 by 50.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
7. Archduchess Magdalena, here attributed to a contemporary of Arcimboldo. c.1563. Canvas, 43.7 by 32.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; exh. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, and Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
8. Tree of Jesse, by Giuseppe Meda and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. 1556. Fresco (Monza Cathedral).
Attributed works:
9. Nature studies, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo and others. Inscribed with dates 1553 and 1572. 36.1 by 48.7 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Handschriftensammlung, Vienna).
Short Notice
A Tapestry Design by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
06/1988 | 1023 | 130
Pages: 428-430
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Author:
Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta (Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta)
Subjects
artists:
Arcimboldi, Giuseppe
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Milan
subjects:
Italian painting / Textiles / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Lot and His Daughters, Design Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Stained Glass Window. (Museo del Duomo, Milan).
Attributed works:
35. John the Baptist Preaching to Soldiers, Receiving the Ambassador of the Hebrews, and Baptising, Design Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Tapestry. (Museo del Duomo, Monza).
Attributed works:
36. Ancestor of Christ, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Fresco. (Museo del Duomo, Monza).
Attributed works:
37. John the Baptist Preaching, Design Here Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Detail of Fig.35. [John the Baptist Preaching to Soldiers, Receiving the Ambassador of the Hebrews, and Baptising, Design Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Tapestry. (Museo del Duomo, Monza).]
Attributed works:
38. St John the Baptist, Design Here Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Detail of Fig.35. [John the Baptist Preaching to Soldiers, Receiving the Ambassador of the Hebrews, and Baptising, Design Attributed to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Tapestry. (Museo del Duomo, Monza).]