Caption

Three birds in a blossoming tree, Chinese flowers and birds, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 5, 6, Three birds in a blossoming tree. At the foot of the tree a fence. On the right a butterfly. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1727 - 1775, paper, etching, height 163 mm x width 255 mm, flowers, birds, Chinese, insects: butterfly, trees (flowers, blossom, blossoming), A line drawing shows a garden scene with a wooden fence segment in the foreground surrounded by various plants and leaves, a bamboo-like stalk rising behind the fence, flowering branches with rounded and elongated petals, and a slender branch extending horizontally where three small birds with long tail feathers perch; one bird sits lower on the bamboo stalk with its beak open. A butterfly with patterned wings is depicted near the lower right. The composition is set within a rectangular border on a light, slightly speckled background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B27_285

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.8Mb (7.7Mb) / 15.1in x 9.7in / 4523 x 2921 (300dpi)

Keywords

Three birds blossoming tree Chinese flowers birds print album page ornamental print Series number 5 6 foot tree fence right butterfly Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam 1727 - 1775 paper etching height 163 mm x width 255 mm flowers Chinese insects trees blossom blossoming line drawing garden scene wooden fence segment foreground surrounded various plants leaves bamboo- stalk rising flowering branches rounded elongated petals slender branch extending horizontally three small birds long tail feathers perch bird sits lower bamboo stalk beak open patterned wings depicted near lower right composition set within rectangular border light slightly speckled background