Title: Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha
Object type: Thangka
Date: early to mid-12th century
Culture: Tibet
Medium: Distemper and gold on cloth
Dimensions: Image: H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm); W. 15/16 in. (35.4 cm)
Framed: H. 32 13/16 (83.3 cm); W. 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1993
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits, term: Buddhism, term: Monks