trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals 1% polyester

1% polyester

Title: Gran Baile de Calaveras

Date: 1922

Born the son of the painter Rudolf Wilhelm Koch

As the zoologist who named whole branches of the tree of life

trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals 1% polyesterFew birds invite a closer look like the hummingbird, and this Haeckel plate is a riot of iridescent colour. Species from across the Americas hover and perch across the sheet, their throats and crowns flashing emerald, ruby and sapphire, their impossibly fine feathers and slender bills captured with loving precision. It is one of the most joyful and collectable images in Haeckel's entire output. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art