Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man, Roman Period, A.D. 160–180, From Egypt, Encaustic, limewood, H. 38.1 x W. 21.6 cm (15 x 8 1/2 in.), The term encaustic designates painting in which beeswax is mixed with pigments. The technique was first used by Greek painters of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Ancient descriptions are difficult to interpret, and Egyptian mummy portraits--the only works in the medium surviving from antiquity--have not yet been analyzed extensively
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