The Librarian is a painting in oils on canvas by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo in the collection of Skokloster Castle in Sweden. It is thought to be a portrait of Wolfgang Lazius, a humanist and historian who served Holy Roman Emperors of the House of Habsburg. [1]

The Librarian belongs to the early works executed soon after his arrival at the Habsburg court in Prague. The painting is part of a series of portraits made by Arcimboldo as a divertissment...

The Librarian is an oil on canvas painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in the collection of Skokloster Castle in Sweden. It is thought to be a portrait of Wolfgang Lazius, a humanist and historian who served Holy Roman Emperors of the House of Habsburg.

The artwork titled “The Librarian” by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, created in 1566, is an oil on canvas painting that belongs to the Mannerism art movement, also known as the Late Renaissance. This allegorical painting measures 97 x 71 cm and is presently housed at Skokloster Castle in Håbo Municipality, Sweden.

2024年1月2日 · Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo belonged to the Mannerist movement. His most well-known creations are composite heads made out of various fruits, vegetables, plants, and other items. Conclusion. In the grand tapestry of art history, Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s The Librarian stands out as a bold stroke of creative genius.

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The Librarian is a painting in oils on canvas by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo in the collection of Skokloster Castle in Sweden. It is thought to be a portrait of Wolfgang Lazius, a humanist and historian who served Holy Roman Emperors of the House of Habsburg.

In 1566 Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, court portraitist to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I at the Habsburg court in Vienna, and later, to Maximilian II and his son Rudolf II at the court in Prague, painted The Librarian as part of a series of portraits in which a collection of objects—in this instance books—form a recognizable ...

2004年7月11日 · Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), so this week’s picture is one of his ingenious “composite heads”, the so-called Librarian. The picture of a man composed entirely from books and the paraphernalia of reading, the work is traditionally said to represent Wolfgang Lazius, the ...

It is The Librarian painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo around 1566. Although not having a direct connection to conlanging, Arcimboldo's work does demonstrate a creative way of looking at reality (or, alternatively, at creating a new reality). This has a parallel with the creation of languages.