Portrait of a middle-aged man in a blue cloak, Romano-Egyptian mummy portrait, late 1st century. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of a middle-aged man in a blue cloak, Romano-Egyptian mummy portrait, late 1st century. Artist: Unknown

2-548-673 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

Portrait of a middle-aged man in a blue cloak, Romano-Egyptian mummy portrait, late 1st century. Such portraits were apparently kept at home during the subject's lifetime and added on his death to his mummified corpse. They are often known as Fayum portraits after the place in Egypt where many of them were found. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.


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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2960x3576
File Size : 31,011kb


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  1. 1781
  1. 0760001989
  1. 1781
  1. 2-548-673
  1. 2548673

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