Roman Egyptian Fayum mummy portrait, 2nd -4th cent AD, Philadelphia El-Rubayyat. Louvre Museum MNC 1693. Woman bust, portrait wearing jewels earrings

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Roman Egyptian Fayum mummy portrait, 2nd -4th cent AD, Philadelphia El-Rubayyat. Louvre Museum MNC 1693. Woman bust, portrait wearing jewels earrings; necklace & tunic. Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits are a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world. The Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived. Height: 35 cm; Width: cm; Thickness: cm

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Size: 4364px × 6000px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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