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Well known for his unusual allegorical portraits, Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was born in Milan, Italy, but worked in Vienna and Prague during the latter half of the 16th century. His paintings, in which his subjects are portrayed through cipher-like collages of everyday motifs, such as fruit, vegetables, fish and books, are often cited as a major influence on the surrealists of the 20th century.
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