Śākyamuni Buddha with Geluk Masters

This eighteenth-century painting depicts Śākyamuni Buddha with primordial buddha Vajradhara, bodhisattvas Maitreya and Mañjuśrī, and multiple Geluk masters. 

Source:

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Buddha Shakyamuni and Teachers of the Gelukpa Tradition
Central Tibet; 18th century
Pigments on cloth, 37 × 25 1/2 in. (estimated)
C2006.66.12

Depicted in this piece:

  • Bodhisattva Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī
  • phun tshogs rgya mtsho
  • Śākyamuni
  • The Fifth Paṇchen Lama, Lobzang Yeshe
  • The Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso
  • Tsongkhapa
  • Umapa Tsondru Sengge