Home›Sources›Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/met-atisha-portrait-1993-479.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/met-atisha-portrait-1993-479Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-portrait-of-the-indian-monk-atisha-acces, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/met-atisha-portrait-1993-479}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedMetropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38006Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAtisha, Figures Well-attested 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."Source Portrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Claims 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 TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested7Sacred Art & IconographyPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.479)SourcesPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds3Sacred Art & IconographyPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.479)SourcesPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha, accession 1993.479 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.479)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyPortrait of the Indian Monk Atisha (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.479)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year