The Fruit Basket
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The Fruit Basket | |
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![]() The painting reversed | |
Artist | Giuseppe Arcimboldo |
Year | c. 1590 |
Medium | oil on panel |
Dimensions | 56 cm × 42 cm (22 in × 17 in) |
Location | French & Company, New York |
The Fruit Basket or Reversible Head with a Fruit Basket is a c.1590 oil on panel still life by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, now in New York. When reversed, it shows an anthropomorphic head. The same painter also produced The Cook and The Gardener.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_-_Reversible_Head_with_Basket_of_Fruit_-_WGA00843.jpg/421px-Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_-_Reversible_Head_with_Basket_of_Fruit_-_WGA00843.jpg)
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- Paintings by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- 1590s paintings