The Librarian, Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Depicted person: Wolfgang Lazius (Historiker, med.dr, kartograf, numismatiker, 1514-1565) Wien
Svenska: 1756, 1793. 1823 kallad "Bibliotekarien Büchen von Bokenknös" o.d.
Bröstbild, fas vänster.
Mansbild, helt sammansatt av böcker. I bakgrunden gråblått draperi.
Ny kilad spännram. Förgylld, profilerad ram med pålagda, skulpterade rankor i hörnen, bredd 110 mm. Ny, förgylld ram (1970) med brun bakre list, bredd 22 mm. På ramens baksidan pappskiva med fyra hål.
"The Librarian" belongs to the early works executed soon after Guiseppe Arcimboldos arrival at the Habsburg court in Prague. The painting is part of a series of portraits made by Arcimboldo as a divertissment during the early 1560s depicting members of the Emperors entourage. Part of this series is also "The Lawyer" and "The Chef", now in the National Gallery of Art in Stockholm, two paintings that correspond to "The Librarian" in terms of composition and style. The person on which "The Librarian" is based is most likely Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565), a scientist and collector employed by Ferdinand I as his official historian and director of the Kunstkammer and the imperial library.
The painting was taken from Prague by the Swedish army as war booty in 1648.
Original caption
Note: For documentary purposes the original description has been retained. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description.
Bibliotekarien konserverad.
Nyckelord: Bibliotekarien, Föremålsbild, Målning, Konst, Arcimboldo
Used at Erövringen av Prag
Date 1562
Dimensions
Height: 980 mm (38.58 in).
Width: 710 mm (27.95 in).
Height: 1,030 mm (40.55 in).
Height: 760 mm (29.92 in).
Current location
Skokloster Castle Link back to Institution infobox template wikidata:Q1891413
Accession number SKO 11616
Exhibition history
Barn i ett gammalt slott - stormakt, skatter, spöken (1997) Skoklosters slott
Arcimboldo 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy (2010-2011) Washington
Arcimboldo 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy (2010-2011) Washington
Arcimboldo 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy (2011) Milan
L’Automne de la Renaissance (2013) Musée des Beaux-Arts/Ville de Nancy
”Visual Deception II. Into the Future” (2014-2015) Tokyo 9 aug-5 okt; Kobe 15 okt-28 dec 2014; Nagoya 10 jan-22 mars 2015
Vertumnus (2014) Skoklosters slott
Ownership history Hans Christoffer von Königsmarck (greve, riksråd)
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