Although little biographical information is known about Sangye Drakpa, brief mention of him in the Taklung History provides intriguing details from one episode in his life. "On one occasion, on the basis of a mutual dispute, one named Sangye Drakpa of Nangchen, who had been an actual disciple of Pa Rinpoche Ngagi Wangpo [Twelfth Taklung Abbot], began to perform a wrathful rite against Choje Khardrung, master and disciples, but at that time, he experienced a vision in which Pa Rinpoche arrived in the sky in front, just as day was breaking, and regretfully said, 'Is it right that you do such things against me?' Sangye Drakpa then offered his confession."[[12]] This passage refers to an effort by the central figure of this painting to cause harm to another important figure in Riwoche history. The Khadrung cited in this passage from the Taklung History may be Khadrung Sonam Tashi, brother of Eighth Riwoche Abbot Jigten Wangchuk, who appears as a patron, along with his sons, the Ninth and Tenth Abbots of Riwoche, in the c. mid-16th century portrait of Jigten Wangchuk.[[13]] Remarkable both for its aesthetic qualities and its historical significance, this painting provides a captivating window onto early 16th-century Tibet.