This painting illustrates fabritius' use of a restricted colour palette and delicate lighting effects against a light background. Note the trompe l'oeil effect: from a distance and against a wall of the right colour, the box on which the goldfinch is perching seems truly three-dimensional and the bird is strikingly life-like. Object Type: painting. Genre: animal art. Date: 1654. Dimensions: height: 33.5 cm (13.1 in) ; width: 22.8 cm (8.9 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Mauritshuis. FabritiusGoldfinch 2012
