Shakyamuni Triad, Hanging Scroll

A hanging scroll shows a seated Buddha at center, his pale face and hands rendered in gold-toned pigment, wearing red robes within a haloed backdrop. Two standing attendant bodhisattvas flank the central figure on a dark ground, with columns of inscription text visible at right.

Artist

Unidentified artist

Date

1565

Medium

Hanging scroll; color and gold on silk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2616 × 3880 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015