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A parrot perches on a branch to the left next to some artichokes, a vase of flowers, and a dish of cherries in this horizontal still life painting. Light comes from the top left corner, and the objects are arranged across a cream-white stone ledge with stepped molding on the underside. The front left corner of the molding is near the left edge of the painting, and the ledge continues off the right side of the canvas. The parrot has a muted green body, yellow and blue head, red-streaked wings, and a hooked beak. It faces our right in profile. The source of the branch on which it perches is…

Still Life with Artichokes and a Parrot

Italian 17th Century

17th century · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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