anonymous
Het verscheiden van Boeddha
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
When the historical Buddha passed away, only his body died. He himself entered a state of complete enlightenment (nirvana).
This is celebrated in Japan on the fifteenth day of the second month. On that day, the service focuses on a painting like this, in
which the Buddha’s body is surrounded by numerous creatures mourning their teacher’s departure.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- AK-MAK-165
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
