Himalayan Art Resources

Painting Set: Tsongkapa Life Story (Field Museum)

Tsongkapa Life Story (Field Museum) | Field Museum Main Page | Tsongkapa Life Story Main Page

Lobsang Dragpa, Lord Tsongkapa (1357-1419): founder of the Gelug Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, surrounded by life-story scenes - from a set of of fifteen paintings. The first painting is missing from the set.

Tsongkapa Biographical Details


Chronological Order of the Narrative & Arrangement of the Paintings:
1. Center: (missing)
2. Right 1 #54493
3. Left 1 #54397
4. Right 2 #54494
5. Left 2 #54398
6. Right 3 #54395
7. Left 3 #54396
8. Right 4 #54394
9. Left 4 #54497
10. Right 5 #54498
11. Left 5 #54496
12. Right 6 #54495
13. Left 6 #54399
14. Right 7 #54499
15. Left 7 #54393