13 Die Kohlmaise...
Artist
Johann Leonhard Frisch
(German, 1666 - 1743)
Date1817
MediumEngraving, hand colored
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by George Soropoulos
Object number2012.35
DescriptionFour birds; the top two birds have black heads, chests, and bellies, white along their cheeks and sides, yellow-brown backs, and light blue wings and tails, stand on a dirt clearing; the bottom left bird has a black head and throat, white cheek, and gray body, stands on a tree branch; and the bottom right bird has a back head and chin, gray back, wings, and tail, and white chest and belly, stands in a grassy clearing. Plate 13 from "Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland und beilaufig auch einiger Fremden nach ihrer Eigenschaften beschrieben," (Berlin, 1817)
