# Birds

South wing: Themes · hang 748 · 24 works

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.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Bay 1

1. [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 the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/frost-fills-the-air-and-the-autumn-air-is-still-lines-of-ret-aic-212358?hang=748)
2. [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 National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/title-page-for-balthasar-cordier-catena-sexaginta-qvinqve-gr-nga-97185?hang=748)

## Bay 2

3. [Herons and Old WIllow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/herons-and-old-willow-si-fsg-f1902-20), Kano Sadanobu, 1615-1868. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/herons-and-old-willow-si-fsg-f1902-20?hang=748)
4. [Green Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/green-parrot-cma-146878), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1820. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/green-parrot-cma-146878?hang=748)

## Bay 3

5. [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 National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/les-deux-perroquets-le-roi-et-son-fils-two-parrots-the-king-nga-55537?hang=748)
6. [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 the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/a-young-lady-with-a-parrot-aic-103887?hang=748)

## Bay 4

7. [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 the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/flowers-ducks-and-other-birds-si-fsg-f1916-65?hang=748)
8. [Hibiscus and Magpies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hibiscus-and-magpies-aic-124654), Baiitsu Yamamoto, 1847. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/hibiscus-and-magpies-aic-124654?hang=748)

## Bay 5

9. [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 the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/hooded-warblers-study-for-book-concealing-coloration-in-the-si-saam-1950-2-14?hang=748)
10. [Birds and Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/birds-and-flowers-cma-125884), Kano Mitsunobu, late 1500s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/birds-and-flowers-cma-125884?hang=748)

## Bay 6

11. [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. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/hawk-at-sunrise-met-860960?hang=748)
12. [Ornamental Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ornamental-panel-inscribed-victoria-augusta-nga-6084), Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1516. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/ornamental-panel-inscribed-victoria-augusta-nga-6084?hang=748)

## Bay 7

13. [Peacocks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/peacocks-met-436671), Melchior d' Hondecoeter, 1683. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/peacocks-met-436671?hang=748)
14. [Dead Birds and Shot Bags](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dead-birds-and-shot-bags-aic-84096), Pieter Boel, c. 1660. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/dead-birds-and-shot-bags-aic-84096?hang=748)

## Bay 8

15. [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 National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/a-woman-feeding-a-parrot-with-a-page-nga-163917?hang=748)
16. [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 the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604?hang=748)

## Doors

- [Gardens and Botanicals](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/gardens-and-botanicals?hang=748&via=continue) (24 works)
- [Birds, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiZnhUcTNJQmcifQ)