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The image features a low angle view showing plants in the foreground and a landscape with hills and small built structures in the background. The artwork is detailed with etching lines, depicting a small bird on a stem. The color scheme is monochromatic, using black, tan, and off-white tones to highlight the etched lines and shapes.
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The image features a low angle view showing plants in the foreground and a landscape with hills and small built structures in the background. The artwork is detailed with etching lines, depicting a small bird on a stem. The color scheme is monochromatic, using black, tan, and off-white tones to highlight the etched lines and shapes.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bird Perched in a Thistle

Jacques Callot

Date
1628
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 6.3 × 8.3 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 9.6 × 11.6 cm (3 3/4 × 4 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1949.5.354
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
The Light of the Cloister [Lieure 599-625]

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • plant
  • Flower
  • bird
  • animal
  • Nature

NGA object ID 36808. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.