Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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Costume design for the allegorical figure of music, one of many figures from the 1585 Winter tournaments for the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
(Pen, blue wash on white paper, Galleria degli Uffizi)
By Giuseppe Arcimboldo who died #onthisday in 1593.
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