Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman

Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman

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Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman
CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman
Date1–100 AD
MediumPainted wood, wax, textile
Dimensions14 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (36.5 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2009.16
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceMaurice Nahman (1868–1948), Cairo, before d. 1948; by inheritance to his heirs, Switzerland, 1948–1953; [Hotel Drouot, Paris, February or June, 1953]; private collection, France; Joseph Uzan, Paris, before 2009; purchased by MFAH, 2009.

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