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Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits are a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world.
3 de jul. de 2023 · Los retratos de época grecorromana que cubrían las momias descubiertas en la necrópolis egipcia de El Fayum son uno de los mayores tesoros pictóricos de la antigüedad tanto por su belleza como por su realismo. Retrato de una dama adornada con sus joyas y cubierta con una estola azul procedente de El Fayum.
En la actualidad, se conocen alrededor de 900 retratos de momias. La mayor parte de ellos fueron encontrados en las necrópolis de El Fayum. Debido al clima cálido y seco de Egipto, las pinturas suelen estar bien preservadas e incluso, a menudo, conservan sus colores brillantes.
11 de oct. de 2018 · Aside from their striking appearance, these funereal portraits give scholars great insight into the diverse population of the Al Fayyum region and how different cultures influenced each other.
8 de oct. de 2021 · The Fayum mummy portraits were lifelike images painted on thin wooden panels and placed directly over the mummy in Roman Egypt. The vast majority of them date to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.
8 de dic. de 2020 · From naturally dried bodies, to plastered corpses, the mummified face of Governor Djehutynakht and a complete Fayum mummy portrait. Images British Museum, MFA Boston, Met. Over six thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians realized the hot desert sand naturally preserved corpses.
Fayum portrait, any of the funerary portraits dating from the Roman period (1st to the 4th century) found in Egyptian tombs throughout Egypt but particularly at the oasis of al-Fayyūm.
