trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel travel poster Ernst Haeckel balanced scientific accuracy

Ernst Haeckel balanced scientific accuracy with real visual energy

Title: Tournée du Chat Noir

Original by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin License: CC0 1

moodier colours

Original from the Museum of New Zealand

trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel travel poster Ernst Haeckel balanced scientific accuracyFew 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