# Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on wood, 44 x 34 cm ## Commentary Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I c. 1563 Oil on wood, 44 x 34 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This painting belongs to a series of busts of Ferdinand I's daughters \(and of Anna, the daughter of Maximilian II\) which includes a total of seven paintings of varying formats and styles. All seven paintings are attributed to Arcimboldo. The concordance of the individually represented archduchesses is only given tentatively. It seems that the painter may have worked from drawings, possibly from a different hand. The determination of the subject of this painting can only be postulated. The names of Archduchess Helena or Archduchess Barbara were proposed for the identification of the sitter. ## Related artworks - [Air]() - [Archduchess Anna, Daughter of Emperor Maximilian II]() - [Archduchess Johanna]() - [Autumn]() - [Autumn]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Blackbuck]() - [Blue-Headed Quail-Dove]() - [Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()