About This Artwork

Roman, Fayum region, Egypt

Portrait of a Man, 2nd century A.D.

Wood, pigment
36.8 x 22 x 3.5 cm (14 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne, 1922.4798

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 154A, 1994 – present

Publication History

Allen, Thomas George. A Handbook of The Egyptian Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of
Chicago, 1923, p. 161(ill.), 162.

Parlasca, Klaus. Mumienporträts und Verwandte Denkmäler. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH,
1966, p.42 (176n.).

Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago. November-December 1978, Volume 72 - No. 6, Chicago:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978, pp. 1-4.

Teeter, Emily. Ancient Art at The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 1994, Vol. 20, NO. 1, pp. 30, 31, (ill. p. 31).

Parlasca, Klaus. Ritratti di Mummie, Serie B, vol. II, no. 373, Tav. 40. 3 and 129.