An Encaustic Mummy Portrait of a Woman, Roman Period, circa 2nd half of the 2nd Century A.D.

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Description

An Encaustic Mummy Portrait of a Woman
14 1/2 by 5 1/8 in. 36.2 by 13 cm.

painted on wood, wearing a pink chiton with black clavus, gold necklace with lunula pendant, gold and stone or glass bead necklace, and hoop(?) earrings.

Provenance

Theodor Graf (1840-1903), Vienna, 2nd collection
Bruno Kertzmar Gallery, Vienna
Hans and Louis Lion, Galerie Brüder Lion, Munich
European private collection, circa 1930
by descent to the present owner, 1978

Literature

Klaus Parlasca, Ritratti di Mummie (Repertorio d’arte dell’ Egitto greco-romano, serie B – volume I), Rome, 1961, no. 90, pl. 21.5

Catalogue Note

The back of the panel is stamped "Sammlung Theodor Graf," "Bundesdenkmalamt - Wien," "Zoll/II/63TR.," and inscribed in black pencil with the number 8.