# Portrait of a monk, possibly Chen Nga Tshultrim Bar, extending a blessing

**Unknown artist**  
late 11th–early 12th century  
Distemper on cloth  
Overall: 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (46.4 x 36.2 cm) Framed: 31 3/4 x 21 13/16 in. (80.6 x 55.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.152. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37970).

## About this work

An unrecorded Tibet artist painted this in the late 11th–early 12th century. It is now at The Met in New York.

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Culture: Tibet
- Real size: about 18 × 14 in (46 × 36 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 11th century
- Subjects: Birds, Men, Portraits, Elephants, Buddhism
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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