Reversible Head with Basket of Fruit
by ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe, Oil on wood, 56 x 42 cm
This composite head, turned upside down, becomes a basket of fruit.
The painting emerged on the market at an auction in Sweden in 1999. It comes probably from the collections of Rudolf II in Prague, because many works of art were stolen thence by Swedish troops during the sack of the Hrad�any in 1648.