The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
Maker not identified
- Date
- ca. 1780
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) W. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) Mat: H. 27 in. (68.6 cm) W. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
- Object type
- Illustrated single work
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 2004.175
- Credit line
- Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 2004
Subjects and terms
- Birds
The Met object ID 454713. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.