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Great Mummy Portrait site (Fayum)
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01-12-2008, 03:14 PM
I don´t think this has been posted before:
portraits.fayoum.free.fr/
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01-12-2008, 04:08 PM
Thanks- laudes!
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01-12-2008, 06:13 PM
Very good, thanks a lot, Christian!
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01-13-2008, 05:22 AM
Christian,

Thanks for the link. Its sobering to look into the eyes of these people, almost haunting!
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01-13-2008, 12:19 PM
Thankfor the link Christian, also for letting me see again this beautiful lady, I could fall in love for if I was in her same age... Big Grin

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01-13-2008, 02:57 PM
Quote:I don´t think this has been posted before:
portraits.fayoum.free.fr/

Well, actually it was posted before, but it was in juli 2005 so I forgive you for not remembering anymore. :wink:

My favorite ladies:

[Image: fayoum14.jpg] [Image: fayoum37.jpg] [Image: fayoum147.jpg]
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01-13-2008, 04:27 PM
Great site! There were a few mummies with portraits on exhibit in edinburgh, but guess who didn't get pics....always next time lol
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01-13-2008, 04:48 PM
Indeed the painters of these portraits were masters in their own right. These portraits look so lifelike. It never ceases to cause amazement everytime I look at these portraits.

Sometimes it makes me wonder if some of the Rennaisance masters got inspirations from these. ( I know, I know, these were found a bit later in history)
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01-14-2008, 11:34 AM
Hey, Cher drew inspiration from the lady in the middle of the three ones posted by Robert, when she had one of the many meetings with his plastic surger...

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[Image: fayoum37.jpg]

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01-15-2008, 07:28 PM
Hi Robert
I have seen the one on the left described as a boy not a lady! Hence the white tunic and cloak. So I would keep quiet about that one if I were you :wink:

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01-15-2008, 08:40 PM
Maybe it's a lady-boy...... :twisted: :lol:
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01-15-2008, 08:47 PM
Quote:Hi Robert
I have seen the one on the left described as a boy not a lady! Hence the white tunic and cloak. So I would keep quiet about that one if I were you :wink: .
Nah, clearly her parents WANTED her to be a boy. Just put her in a white tunic and a cloak and then keep denying she's a girl. Ah, I've known worse parents... Big Grin

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01-17-2008, 01:12 PM
New book from Oxbow on Petrie Museum portraits..
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01-18-2008, 05:14 PM
Graham,

Is there any evidence for women avoiding white clothing?

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#15
01-22-2008, 11:37 AM
If any of you have ever wanted your own portrait painted like the Fayum examples, Ria Teunisse in the Netherlands is very good!... Click on the 'encaustic' button to see examples.

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