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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.11
Title
Painting on cloth
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Roman period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291901

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted linen
Technique
Painted

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Painted fragment of a mummy shroud.

Publication History

  • Katrina Vanderlip, "An Historical and Technical Survey of Painted Textiles" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1977), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim

Verification Level

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