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Funerary portrait of a man

Egyptian
Greco-Roman Period
A.D. 150–200

Medium/Technique Paint on wood
Dimensions Height x width: 37.5 x 15 cm (14 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Samuel E. Thorne in memory of Margaret Lewis MacVeah
Accession Number1974.552
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTomb equipmentMasks

DescriptionLeft half of a mummy portrait portraying a bearded man.
ProvenanceBy 1971, Margaret MacVeagh (Mrs. Samuel E.) Thorne (b. 1920 - d. 1999), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1974, gift of Mrs. Samuel E. Thorne to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 1974)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA on May 26, 1972.