Terra (Earth)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593)
Terra (Earth)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593)
around 1570
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- Material/technique
- oil on panel
- Measurements
- 70 × 49 cm
- Acquisition
- acquired 2015 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- Inventory number
- GE 2508
- Provenance
- Commissioned by Emperor Maximilian II in 1566; before 1872 in the imperial collections; in 1872 as a gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I from the depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum to the collections of the Joanneum in Graz; since the 1950s privately owned in exchange with other paintings; since 2005 on permanent loan in the Princely Collections; acquired in 2015 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein from private ownership in Vienna.
- Place of origin
- Milan