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

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)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Accession Number

2023.217

Rights

Public Domain