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Mummy portrait of a boy. Portrait of a boy painted on a small board with diagonally cut upper corners. The boy, shown halfway down his torso, has his head tilted slightly to the left. Lush black hair, combed upwards, falls behind his right ear, creating a lock of youth. Facial features are carefully depicted: large eyes with light brown pupils, precisely modeled; defined eyelashes; a long straight nose; a small mouth with slightly downturned corners. He wears a white tunic with a trapezoidal neckline, a purple clarus coat over his right shoulder, and a white cloak slung over his left. A black ribbon terminating in a gold pendant hangs around his neck. Above the right shoulder, against a light brown background, is the figurine of a small dark brown horse breaking into a gallop. The gray background around the head is carelessly painted, with visible brush marks. 2nd half of the 2nd century according to K. Parlaski, late 1st century, perhaps first half of the 2nd century. Egypt; Fayum. Portrait; mummy. Height 37 cm, width 18 cm., A painted portrait of a young person on a vertical wooden panel showing the head and upper torso, with visible wood grain and vertical cracks across the surface; the face has large dark eyes, dark eyebrows, a straight nose, and closed lips, with skin tones in shades of beige, tan, and pale yellow and areas of shadow in brown; dark brown to black hair is styled back and partially visible at the sides; the subject wears a white garment with folds painted in white and gray and small touches of pink and brown, and a dark necklace with a small central ornament painted in yellow and brown; the background shows patches of gray and muted brown, with a small reddish-brown painted figure to one side; the painting surface shows areas of paint loss and aged varnish with colors including brown, beige, white, gray, black, yellow, pink, and reddish-brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_239

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (5.5Mo) / 33.9cm x 50.8cm / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Mummy portrait boy Portrait boy painted small board diagonally cut upper corners shown halfway down torso head tilted slightly left Lush black hair combed upwards falls right ear creating lock youth Facial features carefully depicted large eyes light brown pupils precisely modeled defined eyelashes long straight nose small mouth downturned corners wears white tunic trapezoidal neckline purple clarus coat right shoulder white cloak slung black ribbon terminating gold pendant hangs neck background figurine small dark horse breaking gallop gray background carelessly painted visible brush marks 2nd half 2nd century according K Parlaski late 1st century perhaps first half 2nd century Egypt Fayum mummy Height 37 cm width 18 cm painted portrait young person vertical wooden panel showing upper torso visible wood grain vertical cracks across surface face large dark eyes dark eyebrows straight nose closed lips skin tones shades beige tan pale yellow areas shadow dark brown black hair styled back partially visible sides subject wears white garment folds painted white gray small touches pink dark necklace small central ornament painted yellow patches muted brown small reddish-brown painted figure side painting surface paint loss aged varnish colors black reddish-brown.