/internal/media/dispatcher/1638984/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTara Removing Sufferinglate 16th century or early 17th centuryImage: 66.8 × 45.3 cm (26 5/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
Framed: 80.6 × 58.7 cm (31 3/4 × 23 1/8 in.)Distemper on cottonDenman Waldo Ross Collection06.3220Painting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format. Painting depicts Tara Removing Suffering: number 19 from the set of Twenty-one Taras according to the system of Dipamkara Atisha. Other paintings from this set are 06.323 and 06.347.
Bejewelled goddess Tara seated in bodhisattva posture of royal ease. She carries a vase of sacred water in her right hand and the stem of the lotus in her left. At the bottom of the painting dancing goddesses are shown presenting offerings to Tara. The inscription on the painting reads: "I put my faith in the Reverend Tara/ Who removes all suffering."Paintings80.645161290366.80000000000.00000000002426601