Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds
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| Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds |
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| Martin Johnson Heade , 1871 |
| oil on wood |
| 34.8 x 45.6 cm |
| National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC |
Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds (German: Cattleya orchid and three Brazilian hummingbirds ) is a painting by the American painter Martin Johnson Heade , which he created in 1871 as a panel with oil paints on wood. It is 34.8 cm high and 45.6 cm wide without a frame, the dimensions including the frame are 63.8 × 74.6 × 8.9 cm. It is on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and was donated to the museum in 1982 by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation .
description
With this painting Heade gives the viewer an insight into an exotic environment. Lichen cover dead branches, moss hangs down from trees and blue-gray fog covers the jungle some distance away. A large pink Cattleya orchid with light green leaves and stems dominates the left foreground, while on the right near a nest a golden-tailed sylph with a yellow neck and bright red tail feathers and two green and pink amethyst star hummingbirds can be seen.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds. National Gallery of Art , accessed July 27, 2013 .