- Artist
- Martin Johnson Heade
- Year
- ca. 1875–85
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 x 12 in. (50.8 x 30.5 cm)
A hummingbird hovers before a passionflower vine, its iridescent throat catching the light. Martin Johnson Heade painted the birds and flowers of tropical America with the precision of a naturalist and the eye of a Luminist, setting jewel-toned life against a luminous sky.