Fayum Portrait

Date3rd century

Object number46.51

Provenance[Hagop Kevorkian, New York]; partial purchase and partial gift (1/3 of purchase price) from Mr. Kevorkian to Seattle Art Museum / Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, February 8, 1946

Exhibition HistoryDetroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, 1967Published ReferencesZaloscer, Hilde, Portrats aus dem Wustensand: die Mumienbildnisse aus der Oase Fayum, Wien - Munchen, 1961 Detroit Institute of Arts, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, catalogue, p. 22 #16 and p. 26 #16, 1967 Thompson, David L. 'Fayum Portraits' in West Coast Collections, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1976. Berger, Jacques-Edouard and Creux, Rene, L'Oeil and L'Eternite Portraits Romains D'Egypte, Paudex: 1977, pp. 80, 183, 218

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection and Hagop Kevorkian

Dimensions15 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (38.7 x 21 cm)

MediumEncaustic on wood