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Lot no 15.
'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.
Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.
This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
#Art #Heritage #History -
Lot no 15.
'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.
Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.
This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
#Art #Heritage #History -
Lot no 15.
'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.
Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.
This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
#Art #Heritage #History -
Lot no 13.
'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
#CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition. -
Lot no 13.
'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
#CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition. -
Lot no 13.
'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
#CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition.