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Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt
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Portrait of a young woman
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Portrait of a young woman
, ca. A.D. 70
Encaustic on wood; 37 x 20 cm (14 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
© BPK, Berlin, by Margaret Büsing
Mummy with an inserted panel portrait of a youth
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Mummy with an inserted panel portrait of a youth
, ca. A.D. 80100
Encaustic on limewood; Mummy: 169 x 45 cm (57 1/8 x 17 3/4 in.); Portrait as exposed: 38.1 x 18 cm (15 x 7 1/8 in.)
Gift of the Egyptian Research Account and the British School of Archaeology, 1912 (11.139)
Portrait of a young woman
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Portrait of a young woman
, A.D. 11020
Encaustic on wood; 43.7 x 34 cm (17 1/4 x 13 in.)
Royal Museum of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Courtesy of the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
Portrait of a woman
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Portrait of a woman
, A.D. 10020
Encaustic on limewood; 38.2 x 20.5 cm (15 x 8 in.)
British Museum, London
By Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum; photography by the Photographic Service, J. Rossiter, I. Kerslake, P. Nicholls, and S. Dodd
Portrait of a man
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Portrait of a man
, ca. A.D. 12550
Encaustic on wood; 37 x 20 cm (14 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Antikensammlung, Munich
Portrait, perhaps of a priest
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Portrait, perhaps of a priest
, ca. A.D. 14060
Encaustic on limewood; 42.5 x 22.2 cm (16 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
British Museum, London
By Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum; photography by the Photographic Service, J. Rossiter, I. Kerslake, P. Nicholls, and S. Dodd
Portrait of a girl holding a cup and a garland
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Portrait of a girl holding a cup and a garland
, ca. A.D. 190230
Tempera on wood; 27 x 14 cm (10 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Portrait of a woman
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Portrait of a woman
, ca. A.D. 130
Encaustic on cedarwood with added gilding; 41 x 24 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Département des Antiquités Grecques, Étrusques et Romaines, Musée du Louvre, Paris
© Gérard Blot/RMN
Portrait of a youth
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Portrait of a youth
, A.D. 13050
Encaustic on wood with gold leaf background; 41 x 20.3 cm (16 1/8 x 8 in.)
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
© BPK, Berlin, by G. Murza
Portrait of a woman
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Portrait of a woman
, ca. A.D. 170200
Tempera on a linen shroud; 221 x 106 cm (87 x 41 3/4 in.)
Rogers Fund, 1909 (09.181.8)
Portrait of a boy
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Portrait of a boy
, ca A.D. 150200
Encaustic on wood; 20.3 x 13 cm (8 x 5 1/8 in.)
The Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Portrait of a boy inscribed in Greek with his name "Eutyches"
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Portrait of a boy inscribed in Greek with his name "Eutyches"
, ca. A.D. 10050
Encaustic on limewood; 38 x 19 cm (15 x 7 1/2 in.)
Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1918 (18.9.2)
Mummy mask of a woman with a jeweled garland
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Mummy mask of a woman with a jeweled garland
, ca. A.D. 6070
Painted plaster and cartonnage; H. 53 cm (20 7/8 in.), W. 33 cm (13 in.), D. 63 cm (24 7/8 in.)
Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.2.6)