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Panel Portrait of a Man

Egyptianlate 1st century CE (Roman Imperial)

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

In Roman Egypt (30 BCE-324 CE), artists adapted naturalistic painting styles to the ancient custom of making portrait masks for mummies. The portraits were often painted while the subject was in the prime of life and were hung in the home until the person's death. This practice continued in northern Egypt well into the Early Byzantine period.

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