Summer

1563, Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

 

 

Summer

Arcimboldo had been imperial court painter in Vienna and Prague since 1562. As well as a portraitist, he was mainly renowned for his work as a producer and designer of courtly tournaments and wedding celebrations. In 1563, however, he created a series of paintings of the seasons, the uniqueness of which was the basis of the painter’s later fame. Made up of plant pieces and fruit, at no point does “Summer” show the surface of a natural face. The signature and date are subtly woven into the straw.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kabinett 8

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Italian, Lombard

Dated

1563

Artist

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593 Mailand) - GND

Material

Limewood

Dimensions

67 cm x 50,8 cm
Framed: 78,7 cm x 63 cm x 6,3 cm

Signed

Inscribed on the collar and shoulders: GIVSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO. F. 1563

Inscribed

auf der Rückseite: 1563 AESTAS

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 1589

Provenance

for Archduke Maximilian, the later Emperor Maximilian (?); painted from the treasury of Rudolf II; 1748 in the Vienna treasury; from 1830 in the picture gallery

IGS - Sommer - Archimboldo

OESG - Sommer - Archimboldo

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