Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. 80–100
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. 110–20
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. 100–20
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. 125–50
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. 140–60
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. 190–230
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. 130–50
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. 170–200
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. 150–200
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. 100–50
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. 60–70
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)