Summer; and Autumn

Details

(2) After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Summer; and Autumn
oil on canvas
65.2 x 50.2 cm.
two (2)

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve and will be sold to the highest bidder. Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

After the pictures painted by Arcimboldo in 1573, acquired by the Musée du Louvre, Paris in 1964. Both originals are part of a series of The Four Seasons, commissioned by the Emperor Maximilian II as a gift for the Elector of Saxony.

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