Panel Portrait of a Man

late 1st century CE (Roman Imperial)

20.5 cm 39.4 cm

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In Roman Egypt (30 BCE-324 CE), artists adapted naturalistic painting styles to the ancient custom of making portrait masks for mummies. The portraits were often painted while the subject was in the prime of life and were hung in the home until the person's death. This practic...

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Excavated by Petrie, 25 Feb. 1888 at Hawara [later referred to as no. T]; H. Martyn Kennard, London, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 16, 1912, lot 541; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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