# Portraits in fruit **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portraits-in-fruit/49194 "2001-01-09T19:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portraits-in-fruit/49194/1 "2001-01-09T19:06:24Z")
Who was the artist who painted fruits and vegetables arranged as portraits of human faces? Dutch maybe? Renaissance-ish? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![davesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@davesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davesink)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portraits-in-fruit/49194/2 "2001-01-09T19:27:59Z")
I think the artist you’re referring to is an Italian named Arcimboldo.There may have been others who worked in the fruit/vegetable people genre, but he’s the only one I know of: [http://www.astrlight.com/arcim.htm](http://www.astrlight.com/arcim.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portraits-in-fruit/49194/3 "2001-01-09T19:34:03Z")
Yep, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1527-1593, probably born in or near Milan. While he often used fruit, veg and farming produce as the elements of his amazing pictures, he sometimes used things like books or tools and implements instead. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portraits-in-fruit/49194/4 "2001-01-09T19:38:02Z")
Thanks!