Head of a Woman
- Date
- 130/160 A.D.
- Medium
- Encaustic with gilded stucco on wood panel
- Dimensions
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Framed: 22 x 13 3/16 x 2 1/2 in. (56 x 33.5 x 6.4 cm.)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Gift of Julius H. Haass
- Accession No.
- 25.2
- Keywords
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paint, panel, encaustic, gilded, gilt, portrait, wood, bust, funerary
Published References
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