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Fayum Portrait

Date1st century

Object number46.52

ProvenanceCollection of Th. Graf, until 1930; (unknown, 1930-1946); [Hagop Kevorkian, New York, by 1946]; 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

Published ReferencesThompson, David L., Four 'Fayum Portraits' in the Getty Museum, in The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Vol. 2 (1975), pp. 85-92 (included in inventory, p. 92) Parlasca, Klaus, Ritratti di Mummie, Repertorio d'arte dell'Egitto greco-romano, Serie B, Vol II, Rome, 1977, no. 455 Berger, Jacques-Edouard and Creux, Rene, L'Oeil and L'Eternite Portraits Romains D'Egypte, Paudex: 1977, pp. 80, 183, 218 Thompson, David L., A lost patchwork 'Fayum Portrait', in the American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 85 No. 4, Oct. 1981, p. 491-492.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection and Hagop Kevorkian

Dimensions11 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (29.5 x 19.1 cm)

MediumEncaustic on wood