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Two Sun Gems on a Branch, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Heade, Martin Johnson 1819-1904  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1864-1865
Notes:
Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., "The life and work of Martin Johnson Heade: a critical analysis and catalogue raisonne," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, no. 341.
"American Art," New York: Jordan-Volpe Gallery, 1994, pg. 64.
Summary:
Lush tropical landscape with a dark sky overhead and two hummingbirds perched on a flowering tree branch in the foreground.
Topic:
Animal--Bird--Hummingbird  Search this
Object--Other--Nest  Search this
Landscape--Tropic  Search this
Landscape--South America  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68020030
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_377583