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"Two Nightingales in a Rose Bush", Double-Sided Illustrated Leaf from an Ottoman Album

ca. 1725–45

Medium

Opaque watercolor with black ink, shell, and leaf gold on paper, with a marbled paper margin

Dimensions

Folio: H. 16 5/16 in. (41.4 cm) W. 11 in. (27.9 cm) Painting: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) W. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Ravi and Seran Trehan Gift, in celebration of Turkey’s Centennial, 2023

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Rights

Public Domain

1700 –1775 •

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