A parrot with red and green feathers is perched on a brown tree branch. The image has a color palette of reds, greens, browns, and a light tan background. The parrot is in the center of the branch, which runs diagonally from the bottom left corner to the top right. Foliage is concentrated on the sides. Vertical script is on the left, and horizontal script is in the upper right of the background.

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Macaw on a Pine Branch

Andō Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)

1840-1844

Medium: color woodcut
Classification: Print
Culture: Japanese
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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