European goldfinch
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The European goldfinch, or simply goldfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to the Palearctic zone in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. It has been introduced to
072 Wild European goldfinch at the Parc Jura vaudois Photo by Giles Laurent
C. c. carduelis, juvenile, Germany
C. c. britannica, Wigan, England
C. c. carduelis, Sweden
The Goldfinch (painting)
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The Goldfinch is an oil painting by Carel Fabritius, a Dutch Golden Age artist, of a life-sized chained European goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in T
European goldfinch
…2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A turning point in the plot occurs when the narrator, Theo, sees his mother's favourite painting, Carel Fabritius's The Goldfinch, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cramp, Stanley; Perrins, C.M., eds. (1994). Handbook of birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa: Birds of…
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The painting prior to the 2003 restoration
Part of The Goldfinch back panel, showing the red triangle