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Collection Objects
Ancient Art
Portrait of a Bearded Man
Date: 
2nd century A.D.
Medium: 
Encaustic on wood
Accession Number: 
1939.264
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Roman
Classification: 
Paintings
Status: 
On view

Collection Objects
Ancient Art
Portrait of a youth
Date: 
2nd century A.D.
Medium: 
Tempera on wood
Accession Number: 
1939.263
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Roman Period
Classification: 
Paintings
Status: 
On view

Collection Objects
Ancient Art
Mummy Portrait of an Old Woman
Artist: St. Louis Painter, active ca. 290–ca. 310
Date: 
2nd century A.D.
Medium: 
Tempera on wood panel, probably oak. The portrait is shown against a bluish grey background. Set into the cloth wrappings of a mummy, covering the face of the deceased. The unpainted edge would have been covered by the mummy wrappings
Accession Number: 
2011.102.1
Culture: 
Egyptian
Period: 
Roman Period
Classification: 
Paintings
Status: 
On view