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Realistic painting; a large pink orchid flowers in the foreground. Birds and lush foliage in the background. Sky gradiates, lightest at center
Realistic painting; a large pink orchid flowers in the foreground. Birds and lush foliage in the background. Sky gradiates, lightest at center
Black-and-white detail of a realistic painting; one large orchid flower blooms and a large bud above
Black-and-white detail of a realistic painting; a slender, curving branch holds a small bird in profile who looks down at a larger bird with an elaborate tail
Black-and-white detail of letters painted in black, M J Heade
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Orchids and Spray Orchids with Hummingbirds

Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
about 1875–90
Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 50.8 x 30.48 cm (20 x 12 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession Number47.1175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: M J Heade
ProvenanceThe artist; Robert G. Ingersoll, Dobbs Ferry, New York; with Victor Spark, New York, 1946; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1946; to MFA, 1947, gift of Maxim Karolik.