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Source Description
Prior to the Roman Period, the likeness of the deceased on the mummy mask, coffin, and sarcophagus was an idealized representation that conformed to the general style of the period. With the arrival of Roman rule in Egypt, mummy portraits became increasingly naturalistic. The new style of portraiture was sometimes rendered in two-dimensional paintings on a wood panel or on linen. The panel portraits were made in either tempera paint or in encaustic, like this example. Encaustic painting is a technique in which the pigment is dissolved in wax before it is applied to the surface.
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Document identity
localId
7962
label
Panel Portrait of a Bearded Man
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
7962
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Panel Portrait of a Bearded Man
description
Prior to the Roman Period, the likeness of the deceased on the mummy mask, coffin, and sarcophagus was an idealized representation that conformed to the general style of the period. With the arrival of Roman rule in Egypt, mummy portraits became increasingly naturalistic. The new style of portraiture was sometimes rendered in two-dimensional paintings on a wood panel or on linen. The panel portraits were made in either tempera paint or in encaustic, like this example. Encaustic painting is a technique in which the pigment is dissolved in wax before it is applied to the surface.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Fayum]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 170-180 CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
mummy portraits
death masks
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40.5
height
20
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 15/16 x W: 7 7/8 in. (40.5 x 20 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Roman
reign
Marcus Aurelius
med
encaustic (wax and pigments) on wood
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
2273
2718
2821
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1
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0
type
photo
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