Skip to content

Home
Search
Your album
Learn more

Images

Black Stork in a Landscape

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts | CC0 1.0

Start Zooming Stop Zooming

Current search
Add To Album

Date

c.1780

Artist

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/454011

Description

The distinctive white neck feathers, purple-streaked wings, and red-tinged beak identify this tall bird as a woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus), a native species of India known for its unusual plumage and height. The meandering watercourse on the right side of the composition could be a reference to the riverine areas in which such birds are typically found. A digit from the bird’s right foot rests upon its left, illustrating the artist’s close study of the standing position of these creatures. This work, like the image of the nightjar (2004.175)nearby, has been attributed to a set of 658 ornithological paintings commissioned by the French serviceman Claude Martin. Medium: opaque watercolor on european paper.

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

India

Country

Tags

Birds

Category

Glossary
Search tips

© 2024 Watercolour World | Technology by The Museum Platform

© 2024 Watercolour World | Technology by The Museum Platform