Giuseppe Arcinboldo


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/arcimboldos-feast-for-the-eyes-74732989/

Portrait painter for the Renaissance court during 1590's, went on to work for the royal family for  more than 25 years.
The tone of his work is comical, yet highlights a sense of power of the royal family. During this time, much of the exotic elements displayed were being discovered in New Worlds.
Arcimboldo’s composites suggest a scientific fluency.“Every plant, every grass, every flower is recognizable from a scientific point of view,”  says Lucia Tomasi Tongiorgi, an art historian at the University of Pisa. 
Arcimboldo would remain rather obscure until the 20th century, when painters from Salvador Dali to Pablo Picasso are said to have rediscovered him. He has been hailed as the grandfather of Surrealism.