Study of a Stork

Study of a Stork (1781), originally from the Impey Album, is a life size watercolor painting in Mughal style, by Shaykh Zayn al-Din, one of the three artists employed by Lady Impey.

It depicts a stork eating a snail, with its measurements listed to the left of the drawing.

The painting was bought by Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1970s, before being acquired by the Khosrovani-Diba collection.

At Sotherby's it is known as the Kennedy Stork.

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