Pileated Woodpecker

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II, 1831

This is a painting of pileated woodpeckers on a grapevine-covered tree trunk. The piece features four woodpeckers perched on the trunk. One woodpecker is shown with a worm in its beak. The trunk displays patches of peeling bark. Surrounding the birds are vine leaves in shades of green and brown, with clusters of deep blue or purple grapes hanging down.
Művész
Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II
Datálás
1831
Műfaj
Grafika
Technika
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Méretek
98,4 × 64,8 cm
Gyűjtemény
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenc
Közkincs, CC0

Képleírás

This is a painting of pileated woodpeckers on a grapevine-covered tree trunk. The piece features four woodpeckers perched on the trunk. One woodpecker is shown with a worm in its beak. The trunk displays patches of peeling bark. Surrounding the birds are vine leaves in shades of green and brown, with clusters of deep blue or purple grapes hanging down.

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II