Mummy Portrait
| Object Number: | E16214 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Fayum |
| Locus: | El Rubiyat |
| Date Made: | 100 BCE-300 CE |
| Early Date: | -100 |
| Late Date: | 300 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Linen Pigment Wax Wood |
| Iconography: | Portrait |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Theodor Graf, 1894 |
| Other Number: | 21-46-8 - Field No SF |
Description
Encaustic portrait on wood of a full featured, elegantly dressed and bejeweled matron, wearing a hairstyle of second century AD. Excellent preservation of the surface, revealing areas where each of the painter's tools were used: the brush for large color areas (background) and the paint knife for more detail (within the face and hair).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Mummy Room ( Jun 1972 - 1979) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 95, fig. 84 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 67 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 91, fig. 57 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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