The Earth by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1566)

Arcimboldo's The Earth: a human figure composed of many animals, including a lion, ram, stag and leopard, against black.

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The Earth, painted in 1566 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, presents a human-like figure built entirely from a crowd of animals piled together against a dark background. A lion's head and a curly-fleeced ram form the base, while stags, a horse, a leopard, a monkey and many other creatures stack upward to shape the figure's head and shoulders.

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1566

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Public domain