Mummy Portrait of a Rich Woman Anagoria
fayumportrait
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head
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charcoal drawing
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possibly oil pastel
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charcoal art
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oil painting
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acrylic on canvas
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portrait head and shoulder
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underpainting
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human
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animal drawing portrait
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nose
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portrait drawing
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forehead
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portrait art
The "Mummy Portrait of a Rich Woman Anagoria" is a Fayum portrait, a type of encaustic painting on a wooden panel, originating from Roman Egypt. Fayum portraits, created between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, were often attached to mummies as a way to preserve the likeness of the deceased for the afterlife. The painting depicts a woman wearing a dark hairpiece and jewelry, her face rendered with a degree of realism that reflects the artistic conventions of the time. This particular portrait is now located in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany.
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