Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen

Drakpa Gyaltsen and Sakya Pandita, uncle and nephew, teacher and student surrounded by the lineage Kings of Shambhala. This composition belongs to a larger set of paintings depicting the Lamdre Lineage of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in a two figure per composition configuration.

Source:

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation


Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216) and Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)
Central Tibet, ca. 15th century
Pigments on cloth, 33 x 28 1/4 in. (est.)
F1997.45.4


https://rubinmuseum.org/collection/f1997-45-4/

Depicted in this piece:

  • Drakpa Gyeltsen
  • Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyeltsen