Art, literature & history
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds
1871
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- overall: 34.8 x 45.6 cm (13 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.) framed: 63.8 x 74.6 x 8.9 cm (25 1/8 x 29 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1982.73.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Martin Johnson Heade. Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds — Martin Johnson Heade. 1871.
Medium: oil on wood.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 34.8 x 45.6 cm (13 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.) framed: 63.8 x 74.6 x 8.9 cm (25 1/8 x 29 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1982.73.1. Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.