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ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, 1571-76
Pen, blue wash
231 × 157 cm
Prague, Czech Republic

Fruits, vegetables, and flowers ingeniously compose a bearded male profile, rendered with meticulous detail in oil paint. Arcimboldo's witty transformation celebrates Renaissance curiosity, blending naturalism with visual wordplay that influenced Surrealism centuries later.

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