紫色乌木兰花枝上的一只橙头地鸫和一只死头蛾 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	紫色乌木兰花枝上的一只橙头地鸫和一只死头蛾
品名（英）	An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
入馆年号	2012年，2012.7
策展部门	伊斯兰艺术（Islamic Art）
创作者	Shaikh Zain al–Din【印度人】
创作年份	公元 1753 - 公元 1803
创作地区	制造于: 印度, 加尔各答（Made in: India, Calcutta）
分类	密码（Codices）
尺寸	Painting: 高 23 1/2 英寸 (59.7 厘米) 宽 31 1/2 英寸 (80 厘米) Mat: 高 30 英寸 (76.2 厘米) 宽 40 英寸 (101.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这项自然研究来自孟加拉首席大法官伊利亚·因佩爵士和他的妻子玛丽夫人委托的一本著名作品集。最初的画册包括326幅画作，其中许多像这里的这幅一样，都有艺术家和伊利亚·因佩爵士妻子的名字。这件作品由谢赫·扎伊恩·丁用波斯语签名，旁边的铭文是"加尔各答的英佩夫人收藏"。这两个铭文都可以在左下角看到。Zain al-Din被认为是制作Impey专辑的最重要的艺术家，他被认为是从生活中绘画的，这也是他作品的自然主义的原因。这张照片中的鸟似乎踩在紫荆的树枝上，而飞蛾则轻轻地停在花上喝花蜜。尽管他受过莫卧儿技术的训练，但没有风景，甚至没有背景色，这源于欧洲自然历史绘画，这表明这位艺术家也熟悉欧洲版画。
介绍（英）	This natural study comes from a famous collection of works commissioned by the Chief Justice of Bengal, Sir Elijah Impey, and his wife, Lady Mary. The original album included 326 paintings, many of which, like the one here, were distinctively inscribed with the names of the artist and of Sir Elijah Impey's wife. This work has been signed in Persian by Shaikh Zain al-Din next to the inscription specifying "in the Collection of Lady Impey in Calcutta". Both inscriptions can be seen at the lower left. Zain al-Din, who is considered the foremost artist to have worked on Impey’s album, is believed to have painted from life, which accounts for the naturalism of his work. The bird in this picture appears to step up on the branch of the Bauhinia purpurea, while the moth rests lightly on the flower to drink its nectar. Although he was trained in Mughal techniques, the absence of landscape and even ground color derives from European natural history paintings, indicating that the artist was also familiar with European prints.