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Unidentified painters of Roman Egypt

This group brings together funerary portraits by different unidentified painters in Roman Egypt. Greco-Roman methods of depicting a face combined with the Egyptian practice of placing a portrait on a mummy. Painters worked on wood and linen, using wax-based paint and gilding.

Works

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches — Unidentified painters of Roman EgyptUnidentified painters of Roman Egypt

Portrait of the Boy Eutyches

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl — Unidentified painters of Roman EgyptUnidentified painters of Roman Egypt

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl

Funerary Panel of a Man — Unidentified painters of Roman EgyptUnidentified painters of Roman Egypt

Funerary Panel of a Man

Funerary Portrait of a Woman — Unidentified painters of Roman EgyptUnidentified painters of Roman Egypt

Funerary Portrait of a Woman

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