Green wooodpecker - Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang (1748-1782)

This beautiful study is a rare example of the work of Ernst Friedrich Carl Lang (1748 - 1782). Lang was the son of Kilian Lang, miniature painter and harpist. He moved to Nuremburg in 1755, and was a pupil of the famed natural history painter, Barbara Regina Dietzsch, who specialized in the depiction of flowers, birds and insects. The influence of her work can be seen in the delicate brushstrokes used by Lang, and in the sophistication of the composition.