Mummy portrait of a woman from Fayum, Egypt
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Item data
Title
Mummy portrait of a woman from Fayum, Egypt
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Paintings -- Mummy portraits
Names
Graf, Theodor (Collector)
Blechinger, Jacob, fl. ca. 1880 (Printer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1897
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Mummies
Antiquities
Fayyûm (Egypt)
Painting -- Egypt
Mummy portraits
Genres
Portrait Paintings
Art Reproductions
Notes
Source Note: From Antique portraits from the Hellenistic times. (Vienna Theodor Graf 1897) Graf, Theodor, Author.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Verlag des Eigenthümers." "Theodor Graf's antike Portrait-Galerie, Wien." "Druck v. L. Pisani, Wien." "Heliogravure v. J. Blechinger, Wien."--lettered on border.
Content: Written on mount: "Girl's portrait."
Physical Description
Photogravures
Chine collé prints
Extent: plate mark 20.5 x 12 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4be6d470-c5bf-012f-5b30-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1897
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1897). Mummy portrait of a woman from Fayum, Egypt Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4be6d470-c5bf-012f-5b30-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mummy portrait of a woman from Fayum, Egypt" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4be6d470-c5bf-012f-5b30-58d385a7bc34
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