FAYUM PORTRAIT

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an ancient painting of a woman with black hair and gold jewelry on her head, wearing a turban

Fayum mummy portrait

an artistic painting of a woman wearing a headdress

Fayum-like Portrait

an image of a woman's face on a piece of paper that has been folded over

Mummy portrait of a young woman

a statue of an egyptian woman holding a baby in her arms and wearing gold jewelry

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A Fayum portrait still affixed to its jewel-encrusted mummy case.

Fayum mummy portrait, Roman Egypt

an old painting of a woman with a wreath on her head

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an old photo of a woman with glasses on her face and in the background is a gold frame

an ancient painting of a woman with necklaces on her neck and headdress

Fayum mummy portraits

Fayum (or Fayoum) mummy portrait of a young woman with a gilded wreath by ggnyc, via Flickr

an old painting with a woman's face and headdress on the wall

Fayum portrait of a young girl, quite damaged, but still wonderful. 2nd cent. CE.

an ancient painting of jesus with a crown on his head and beard, wearing a wreath of leaves

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Fayum mummy portraits. These very individual portraits arose in the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society of Roman Egypt. Most are painted in an elaborate encaustic technique [pigments were mixed into beeswax, along with egg, resin, and/or linseed oil]. This versatile medium allowed artists to create images that are akin to oil paintings. The painting techique is Greek, but their use is entirely Egyptian: the portrait panel was placed over the face of the mummy, with a wrap to hold it in place.

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an old painting of jesus on display in a red room with yellow and black paint

Fayum (or Fayoum) mummy portrait of a thin-faced man with a gilded wreath

Fayum (or Fayoum) mummy portrait of a bearded man with a gilded wreath.Encaustic on limewood Ancient Egypt, Roman Period A.D. 140-170 During the 1st to 3rd century AD in Egypt, painted panel portraits (more commonly referred to as Fayoum or Fayum portraits) were bandaged over the heads of mummies. These portraits depict the inhabitants of Greco-Roman ancient Egypt in exacting detail. They were finely executed in encaustic paint on wood or stuccoed linen. Metropolitan Museum of Art