# Thangka with Amitayus

- Date: 1600s
- Medium: painting on fabric
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 68.6 x 67.6 cm (27 x 26 5/8 in.); Framed: 99.1 x 87.6 cm (39 x 34 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Nepal
- Credit line: Gift of Walter H. Drew
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.1081)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.1081/1991.1081_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This thangka includes a series of donor portraits of Hindu laypeople from Rajasthan, who sponsored this painting for a Buddhist temple. It is from a fascinating moment in Nepalese history when Nepal was governed by the Rajput Gurkha clan.