Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt
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https://muse.jhu.edu/book/77113Author(s)
Cartwright, Caroline
Svoboda, Marie
Language
EnglishAbstract
This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to determine by whom they were made and how.
Keywords
Archaeology; Art History; Mummy; Egyptology; Ancient Rome; Ancient EgyptISBN
9781606066539Publisher
Getty PublicationsPublisher website
https://www.getty.edu/publications/Publication date and place
2020Classification
History of art