# Birds

Birds turn up in every tradition gathered here: on Chinese scrolls, in Japanese prints, in natural-history plates and on American canvases. Some are observed with a naturalist's precision, others carry meanings of their own, such as the crane for long life.

- [Woman with a Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woman-with-a-parrot-met-436002), Gustave Courbet, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Young Lady with a Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-lady-with-a-parrot-aic-103887), Rosalba Carriera, c. 1730. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kaiwan-latif-and-sharif-arrive-at-a-house-of-worship-where-t-cma-137601), c. 1560. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-woman-feeding-a-parrot-with-a-page-nga-163917), Caspar Netscher, 1666. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Herons and Old WIllow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/herons-and-old-willow-si-fsg-f1902-20), Kano Sadanobu, 1615-1868. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Peacocks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/peacocks-met-436671), Melchior d' Hondecoeter, 1683. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Hibiscus and Magpies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hibiscus-and-magpies-aic-124654), Baiitsu Yamamoto, 1847. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Green Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/green-parrot-cma-146878), c. 1820. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Les deux perroquets, le roi et son fils (Two Parrots, the King, and His Son)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/les-deux-perroquets-le-roi-et-son-fils-two-parrots-the-king-nga-55537), Antoine Radigues, published 1759. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Flowers, ducks, and other birds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flowers-ducks-and-other-birds-si-fsg-f1916-65), Li Di, 15th-18th century. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lovers-walking-in-the-snow-crow-and-heron-met-45085), Suzuki Harunobu, 1764–72. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Dead Birds and Shot Bags](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dead-birds-and-shot-bags-aic-84096), Pieter Boel, c. 1660. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604), Bihzad, c. 1560. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Title Page for G. de St. Vincent, Opus Geometricum Quadraturae Circuli](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-for-g-de-st-vincent-opus-geometricum-quadraturae-nga-97183), Cornelis Galle II, 1647. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Hooded Warblers, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hooded-warblers-study-for-book-concealing-coloration-in-the-si-saam-1950-2-14), Gladys Thayer, ca. 1900-1909. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [The Judgment of Paris: he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above. In the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback, at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another goddess](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-judgment-of-paris-he-is-sitting-at-left-with-venus-juno-met-337058), Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510–20. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/frost-fills-the-air-and-the-autumn-air-is-still-lines-of-ret-aic-212358), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885/92. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Kingfisher and Chinese Bellflowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kingfisher-and-chinese-bellflowers-cma-101257), Utagawa Hiroshige, early or mid-1830s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Title Page for Balthasar Cordier, Catena Sexaginta Qvinqve Graecorvm Patrvm in S. Lvcam...](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-for-balthasar-cordier-catena-sexaginta-qvinqve-gr-nga-97185), Cornelis Galle I, 1628. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Goose and Duck Hunt with Falcons \[above right\]; Goose Hunt \[below right\]](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-belo-si-chndm-1901-39-151-b), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, ca. 1596-99. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Hawk at sunrise](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hawk-at-sunrise-met-860960), Jeong Hong-Rae, second half 18th century–first half 19th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Bird Catcher](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bird-catcher-aic-44063), Thomas Couture, c. 1857. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Birds and Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/birds-and-flowers-cma-125884), Kano Mitsunobu, late 1500s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Ornamental Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ornamental-panel-inscribed-victoria-augusta-nga-6084), Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1516. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.