# The Bird Catcher

- By: Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879)
- Date: c. 1857
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 40.8 × 59.6 cm (16 × 23 1/2 in.); Framed: 55.6 × 74.3 × 8 cm (21 7/8 × 29 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/44063)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6557d9e227256e4d176f9e7974fcb2b4.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)