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| Keywords: Egyptian - Mummy Portrait of a Man - Walters 323.jpg In Roman Egypt 30 BC-AD 324 artists adapted naturalistic painting styles to the ancient custom of making portrait masks for mummies The portraits were often painted while the subject was in the prime of life and were hung in the home until the person's death This practice continued in northern Egypt well into the Early Byzantine period late Other date century 1 Roman Imperial encaustic wax pigments on wood Framed cm 51 36 4 5 ; Actual old panel max cm 39 4 20 5 accession number 32 3 14067 H Martyn Kennard London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sale Sotheby's London July 16 1912 Henry Walters Baltimore 1913 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1967 Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Faiyum Walters Art Museum license Fayum mummy portraits Art of Roman Egypt in the Walters Art Museum Paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
