Fruit and Veg Portrait Leads Show of Renaissance Faces
Evening Standard - London › October 07, 2008
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THIS painting of fruit and vegetables is a 16th century portrait of a king.
The painting is one of more than 70 masterpieces in a new exhibition at the National Gallery. It was commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II, king of Bohemia, Austria, to show his reign as natural and harmonious.See the full content of this document
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Fruit and Veg Portrait Leads Show of Renaissance Faces
The Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo took the brief literall...
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