Barn Owl

This strong color chromolithograph is from Johann Andreas Naumann’s Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mitteleuropas or Natural History of Central European Birds. The work was published by Fr. Eugen Kohler in Gera-Untermhaus between 1897 and 1905.

It was a monumental work on European birds masterfully combining ornithology and fine artisty. Many artists contrubited to the work including John Gerard Keulemans, Gring, Geisler, de Maes, von Riesenthal, and Kleinschmidt.