Vertumnus Enamel Pin

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Add a pop of playful art to your outfit with our Vertumnus enamel pin! Featuring a single post and secure rubber clasp, this soft enamel pin is a nod to Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Perfect for art lovers and pin collectors alike!

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (c. 1526/27-1593) was an Italian Mannerist painter who is best known for his imaginative portraits that form human heads out of still-life objects, such as his 1591 painting Vertumnus. It depicts the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II through an eclectic composition of fruits, flowers and vegetables, such as a pear nose, peach cheeks, and pea-pod eyebrows. Though humorous in air, the painting was also meant to convey the power of its sitter, with specific choices holding symbolic political meaning. For example, the choice to use corn to represent Rudolf II’s ears is an allude to his power and wealth, as the crop originated in the New World. As the painting was created during the emergence of disciplines like botany and zoology.

Dimensions: 1.2" x 1.3"

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