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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds (1871) is an oil on mahogany panel picture by Martin Johnson Heade acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1982. Inspired perhaps by the works of Charles Darwin and Frederic Edwin Church, Heade planned to produce a deluxe book in the 1860s depicting Brazilian hummingbirds in tropical settings, and, to that end, created a series of 40 small pictures called The Gems of Brazil. The project was abandoned, but Heade retained his interest in hummingbirds and continued to paint them in combination with orchids and jungle backgrounds through the 1870s. The NGA describes the work: "Lichen covers dead branches; moss drips from trees; and, a blue-gray mist veils the distant jungle. An opulent pink orchid with light-green stems and pods dominates the left foreground." On the right, two green-and-pink Brazilian Amethysts hover about a nest while a red-tailed Sappho Comet perches nearby.[1]

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds
Artist	Martin Johnson Heade
Year	1871
Medium	oil on mahogany panel
Dimensions	34.8 cm × 45.6 cm (13.7 in × 18.0 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

References

• fegi-bin/tinfo_f?/object=612448&detail=none NGA: Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

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[de] Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds

Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds (dtsch. Cattleya-Orchidee und drei brasilianische Kolibris) ist ein Gemälde des US-amerikanischen Malers Martin Johnson Heade, das er 1871 als Tafelbild mit Ölfarben auf Holz schuf. Es ist ohne Rahmen 34,8 cm hoch und 45,6 cm breit, inkl. Rahmen betragen die Abmessungen 63,8 × 74,6 × 8,9 cm. Es ist in der National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ausgestellt und wurde dem Museum 1982 von der The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation geschenkt.

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