this is Giuseppe Arcimboldo
he is one of the first to implement what we now call an optical illusion, and had way to personification many sciences. he used brilliant color and a dark background.
one of the things that mostly surprised me about his was this ability to sketch though not much known i really liked his horse harnesses as well as his costume designs.
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