Portrait of a young woman
Strange how we EVERY day learn something new..no matter how old we are...it goes on and on and on...(I thought I one day knew IT ALL :O)...)! Today I've seen
Fayum mummy portraits for the first time.
Fayum mummy portraits is the name given to a large number of paintings from the first to third century. These are
tempera or
encaustic paintings, made with hot, pigmented wax on wooden panels, which were inserted into the mummies of the deceased. The surviving paintings are predominantly from the
Fayum region in Roman Egypt
Fayum mummy portrait of a youth in golden wreath
Inscription: Demos, 24 years old, eternal remembrance
Unknown man
unknown woman
Portrait of a young woman
Strange how we EVERY day learn something new..no matter how old we are...it goes on and on and on...(I thought I one day knew IT ALL :O)...)! Today I've seen Fayum mummy portraits for the first time. Fayum mummy portraits is the name given to a large number of paintings from the first to third century. These are tempera or encaustic paintings, made with hot, pigmented wax on wooden panels, which were inserted into the mummies of the deceased. The surviving paintings are predominantly from the Fayum region in Roman Egypt
Fayum mummy portrait of a youth in golden wreath
Inscription: Demos, 24 years old, eternal remembrance
Unknown man
unknown woman 
4 comments:
I agree with you I have always been fascinated by those portraits , and especially the LOOK they have , their eyes seem to look at us through the ages ... I was lucky to face some a few years ago , I think it was in St Petersburgh , I couldn't take my eyes from them , they seemed to want to give me a message ,I still haven't understood , but they are haunting ....
You have seen some of these portraits?! I can tell only from the images that it must have been so special...just as you describe it!! I was very stunned by their eyes to! Thanks for sharing!!
he Mette...We are never too old!!!
Anna, you're right...but a bit wiser, right? :O)
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