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Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha," a distemper and gold on cloth painting from Tibet, early to mid-12th century. The record's own title names the subject outright. Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1993. Accession number 1993.479.

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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38006
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
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1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned painting, the strongest available record for its attribution, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.
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Atisha, Figures

This source names Atisha directly: "for "Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha," a distemper and gold on cloth painting from Tibet, early to mid-12th century."

Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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