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The Jurist (Arcimboldo)

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The features of the face are represented by the plucked carcasses of poultry and the sneering mouth by fish. It is not known if the subject is a caricature of the legal profession in general or based on a real jurist of the time. The German jurist
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It shows a member of the legal profession, whose facial features are depicted using meat and fish, and whose body is composed of legal documents. Two versions of the painting exist; the first, from 1566, is held by the
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in which the subjects were composed of everyday objects. His fantastical and imaginative paintings somewhat foreshadowed the
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is normally suggested as the subject; the Nationalmuseum lists the picture in its catalogue as
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movement of the 20th century, but were also appreciated as part of the
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64 cm × 51 cm (25 in × 20 in)
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and was already well established as an artist by the time he created
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in 1866), and a later version is held by a private collector in
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tradition of his own time. His series of paintings,
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Index

The Jurist (journal)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm
Italian
oil-on-canvas painting
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
National Museum of Fine Arts
Stockholm
Gripsholm Castle
Milan
Maximilian II
portraits
Surrealist
Mannerist
The Four Seasons
Rudolf II
Ulrich Zasius
Calvin

The Librarian
ISBN
1-84403-563-8
"Giuseppe Arcimboldo"
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo
The Four Seasons

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