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<p>The painting depicts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khedrup_Gelek_Pelzang,_1st_Panchen_Lama" class="extiw" title="en:Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama">Khedrub Geleg Pal Zangpo</a> (1385-1438), a close disciple of Tsong Khapa. 
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It is part of a larger set of Lamrim Lineage paintings in the Geluk tradition. The total number of paintings in the set is unknown, but it possibly exceeds over fifty. The set was likely commissioned in the last half of the 18th century or the first half of the 19th century.</div>
circa 1800 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<ul><li>2007 upload: <br>www.gatewaytotibet.com</li>
<li>2012 upload: <br><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.gatewaytotibet.com/thangka-restoration/">http://www.gatewaytotibet.com/thangka-restoration/</a></li>
<li>2019 upload: <br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/indian-himalayan-southeast-asian-art-n09478/lot.738.html">A THANGKA DEPICTING KHEDRUB GELEK PAL ZANGPO Tibet, circa 1800</a>. <i>Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch</i> (16 March 2016 New York auction). Sotheby's.</li></ul>