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Dozens of multicolored birds of various sizes are arranged around a stout tree in this horizontal landscape painting. At least two dozen species of birds perch along the branches and crowd around the base. For example, there are birds with gold bodies, cobalt-blue wings, and hooked beaks in the upper left-hand branches. In the branches to the right a tomato-red bird with long, blue tail feathers is surrounded by small light brown and gray birds. An owl, peacock, ostrich, and turkey painted in muted browns and blues gather with other green, blue, red, and dark gray birds on the left side of…
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Concert of Birds

painter Anonymous Artist

Circle of related artist Jan van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1626 - 1679)

1660/1670

Medium
oil on copper
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 13 x 18 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of John Dimick
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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