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Portrait of a Young Woman (Fayum Portrait) by Maker: Unknown

Portrait of a Young Woman (Fayum Portrait)

1st–2nd century A.D.

Encaustic painting on wood

Yale University Art Gallery

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A portrait of a young woman is painted on a cracked wooden panel. The painting is dark and weathered, with visible cracks running through the wood. Portrait of a Young Woman (Fayum Portrait) Maker: Unknown Gift of the Olsen Foundation; Acc by the GB 12/14/55

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centered symmetry shallow space frontal view portrait woman wood panel ochre yellow umber brown somber aged

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