Giuseppe Arcimboldo · 1566
Fire
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A profile head of Fire: burning logs for hair, a flint and steel for nose and ear, a gun-barrel body hung with the Order of the Golden Fleece, a double-headed eagle on the chest and two cannon below. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Up to 11 × 14.9 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of Fire
Fire belongs to The Four Elements, a series of four oil paintings made in 1566 for Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. Fire is formed from inanimate objects; the Order of the Golden Fleece and the double-headed eagle refer to the Habsburg dynasty, and the two large cannon to the strength of the Habsburg armies in their war with the Turks.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi, was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.
All Giuseppe Arcimboldo prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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