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Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651) with a Brief Lineage
OriginBhutan
Date19th century
Dimensions38 3/4 × 30 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.
MediumPigments on cloth
Classification(s)
Credit LineRubin Museum of Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Object numberC2006.66.248
Himalayan Art Resources Number360
Project Himalayan Arthttps://projecthimalayanart.rubinmuseum.org/related/lama-teacher-zhabdrung-ngawang-namgyel-1594-1651/
DescriptionThis painting depicts Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), a teacher of the Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of the theocratic state of Bhutan. Zhabdrung can be recognized by his long tapering beard and a broad red fan-like meditation hat.19th century
late 12th-early 13th century
15th century
19th century
18th - 19th century
Dated by inscription,1463
late 18th century, ca. 1760s
18th century
Mid-19th century