Mummy Portrait of a Man
Description
Caption: Mummy Portrait of a Man, ca. 120–130 C.E.. Wood (Common cypress - Cupressus Sempervirens), encaustic, gold leaf, 17 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 1/16 in. (43.8 x 19.7 x 0.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 40.386. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted wooden panel depicting a man with a laurel wreath.
The artifact is a wooden panel with a realistic portrait of a young man, wearing a laurel wreath over his head. The painting style is characteristic of Roman-era Egyptian funerary art, known as 'Fayum mummy portraits.' The use of encaustic painting with vivid colors and the detailed depiction of facial features are notable features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 40.386 tier-2
- BKM-Object 50303 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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