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Head of a Woman
Head of a Woman

Photo ©2010, Detroit Institute of Arts

Head of a Woman

Date
130/160 A.D.
Medium
Encaustic with gilded stucco on wood panel
Dimensions
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
paint, panel, encaustic, gilded, gilt, portrait, wood, bust, funerary

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