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The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius, 1461-1536, humanist, jurist
Arcimboldo’s paintings show human figures made up of different objects, with the aim of representing a particular subject. Here, a pile of books and documents has been draped in a fur-trimmed gown. The face consists of birds and fishes. The portrait is assumed to be of an official or scholar, possibly the lawyer Ulrich Zasius. Arcimboldo’s allegorical paintings were held in great esteem by Maximil…
Creator
Subject
- Ulrich Zasius
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Subject
- Ulrich Zasius
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1566
- 1566
Provenance
- Övertagande 1866 från Gripsholms slott
Identifier
- NMGrh 1227
- 15897
Extent
- Mått 64 x 51 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Year
- 1566
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:36.080Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:06.646Z