Swallow in flight, painted on paper – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Swallow in flight, painted on paper comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Swallow in flight, painted on paper
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A swallow caught mid-flight, its forked tail and pointed wings drawn with quick, confident strokes on paper, makes an unusual subject for a painting. Birds in motion were a favorite challenge for artists working in ink and watercolor, since the body must be rendered in a single moment of balance. Works like this one show how painters across many traditions studied the small, fast birds that skim over fields and water, often treating them as emblems of spring and migration. Look closely at the edges of the wings, where the artist seems to have let the brush linger and thin out.
| Original scan | 4,522 × 3,670 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g06346_ |
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