Portrait of a woman
PaintingsEgyptian2nd-3rd century CE

Portrait of a woman

Second half second century CE

Classification
Paintings
Technique
Painted
Medium
Binder: Animal glue Pigments: Bassanite, anhydrite, alunite, red and yellow ochres, bone black, carbon black, madder lake, red lead Support: Native Egyptian sycomore fig (Ficus sycomorus)
Culture
Egyptian
Period
Roman Imperial period
Century
2nd-3rd century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

32 × 19 × 0.5 cm (12 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Theodor Graf Collection, Vienna. [Sotheby's, London, 27 July 1931, cat. no. 22], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, New York, 1931-1932], sold; to Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, New York, (1932-1939), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

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