Fayum mummy portraits

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient artwork
funerary portrait
gptkbp:conservationStatus well-preserved
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Greco-Roman_Egypt
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:date 3rd century CE
gptkbp:depicts deceased individuals
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Flinders_Petrie
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Antinoopolis
gptkb:Hawara
gptkb:Er-Rubayat
gptkbp:function commemoration of the dead
mummy decoration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fayum mummy portraits
gptkbp:influenced later portrait painting
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gothic_architecture
Egyptian funerary tradition
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Demotic
Coptic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Faiyum
gptkbp:material wood panel
tempera paint
encaustic paint
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Portrait_of_Eutyches
gptkb:Portrait_of_a_young_woman,_Hawara
gptkbp:numberKnown over 900
gptkbp:period gptkb:Roman_Imperial_period
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Egyptian_mummies
gptkb:Roman_Egypt
Panel painting
gptkbp:significance earliest examples of realistic portraiture
gptkbp:startDate 1st century CE
gptkbp:style naturalistic portraiture
gptkbp:subject gptkb:women
children
men
gptkbp:technique encaustic painting
tempera painting
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite not inscribed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_J._Paul_Getty_Museum
gptkb:Fayum_Depression
gptkb:Greco-Roman_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6