Junior Docent Student Work
Nilima Singh—Edgewood Elementary
This portrait painting has very dull and plain colors except for the bright coral necklace of the woman in the portrait. I like this artwork because it is very different from the other artwork made in Egypt during that time.
Artist and Artwork
Portrait of a Woman, Roman Period (30 BC–AD 330), AD 100/150
Encaustic on cypress panel
17 × 8 1/2 in. (43.18 × 21.59 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Flagg, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Laskin, Elisabeth Plankinton Mackintosh, and Mr. Roderic C. Ott, by exchange M2001.122
Photo credit: John R. Glembin