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Tibetan painting of a central seated robed figure with a golden halo, surrounded by smaller seated deities in cloud-framed niches, with flames and green hills below.

Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the main founder of Buddhism in Tibet, surrounded by other forms of himself. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.

A central seated figure in red and maroon robes holds a vajra and bowl within a golden halo, surrounded by smaller seated figures in lotus-shaped niches and clouds. Below, fiery red flames frame two wrathful deities against green hills, with the painting rendered in opaque gouache on paper.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3003 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) con emanaciones, pintura tibetana

Una figura central sentada, con túnicas rojas y granates, sostiene un vajra y un cuenco dentro de un halo dorado, rodeada de pequeñas figuras sentadas en nichos con forma de loto y nubes. Abajo, llamas rojas enmarcan a dos deidades iracundas sobre colinas verdes, pintadas en gouache opaco sobre papel.

Português: Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) com emanações, pintura tibetana

Uma figura central sentada, com vestes vermelhas e bordô, segura um vajra e uma tigela dentro de um halo dourado, cercada por pequenas figuras sentadas em nichos em forma de lótus e nuvens. Abaixo, chamas vermelhas emolduram duas divindades iradas sobre colinas verdes, pintadas em guache opaco sobre papel.