Title: Great Indian Fruit Bat
Object type: Painting
Date: ca. 1777–82
Artist: Painting attributed to Bhawani Das or a follower
Artist bio: Indian
Artist nationality: Indian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pencil, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
                 W. 32 3/4 in. (83.2 cm)
Mat size: H. 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm)
                 W. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, Virginia G. LeCount Bequest, in memory of The LeCount Family, 2007 Benefit Fund, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family,  2008
Geography: Made in Calcutta   India      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Bats