# Bodhisattva

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1800 - 1900
- Medium: paper, ink, dye
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 126.5 cm x width 74 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Ada Helena Hondius-Crone, 1978)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1300--003ac4a6923464b70154dc4baf3634e3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/deca8e66b2ecc685c87c9670b5495983.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Presented here is a bodhisattva: a being that has attained enlightenment, but compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to remain with humankind, helping those in need. The figure is depicted in bright, vividly contrasting colours. The painting served as a banner in open-air ceremonies, therefore the image had to be instantly visible even from considerable distances