Plate 35: Female Green-Winged Teal, Red-Breasted Merganser(?), Sparrow, and a Greenfinch(?)

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a nature scene featuring birds and ducks near a body of water. The scene is set within an oval frame, depicting two ducks in the lower portion - one is on land, while the other is on the water. Above them, perched on a branch of a fruit-bearing tree with lush green leaves, are two smaller birds. The branch is positioned diagonally across the frame. Additionally, sentences of text are inscribed both above and below the image while Roman numerals mark it as part of a series.