Plate 53: Three Brightly Colored Birds, including a Brazilian Tanager(?)

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

The image shows three birds on a branch. The largest bird is red with a black beak and tail, while the other two birds are smaller with blue bodies and red heads. The branch has natural brown tones. The red bird is on the left side of the branch, and the two blue birds are to its right, spaced evenly apart. A small yellow-greenish nest is at the base of the branch on the left side. An oval frame surrounds the scene with the numeral "LIII" in the bottom right corner.