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Collections

Funerary PortraitLate 3rd - 4th century A.D.

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Life and Afterlife: Imagery of Early Egypt
Encaustic or tempera portrait panel of a dark-skinned man with curly hair, goatee, and large dark eyes, shown from the chest up on a worn, irregularly shaped wooden support
Title
Funerary Portrait
Place Made
Egypt, probably Faiyum
Date Made
Late 3rd - 4th century A.D.
Medium
Tempera on wood
Dimensions
12 × 6 × 1/4 in. (30.48 × 15.24 × 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.62
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.