Greco-Roman
Paintings by Greco-Roman
![A Man with a Wreath](/media/34125/n-3932-00-000004-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.1966586259269186,0,0.28873403019744481&width=576&height=576&v=1d85fd5ae79f2d0&bgcolor=fff)
This portrait was excavated from a burial chamber and dates to the second century AD, when Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. A middle-aged man directly confronts the viewer through his large heavy-lidded, golden-brown eyes. His portraitist has taken care to paint every hair of his beard and mou...
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![A Young Woman](/media/28217/n-3931-00-000008-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.1029086678301338,0,0.33862710878417684&width=576&height=576&v=1d85fd5965f4b50&bgcolor=fff)
The woman in this portrait wears gold, ball-shaped earrings, a golden braided chain and a necklace made up of rectangular emeralds with alternating gold details. Her rich red tunic has a black gold-edged stripe at her right side: this is a clavus, a sign of status in Rome. The artist records her...
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