Encaustic!!!

Top of the Day: left: Mummy portrait of a man in Antique Tempera Painting, middle: Mummy portrait of a woman in Encaustic, right: Mummy portrait of a boy in Cold Wax Painting Datierung [dateCreated]: links: 2. Hälfte 2. Jahrhundert – um 200, Mitte: 1. Hälfte 2. Jahrhundert, rechts: 2. Jahrhundert, left: 2nd half of the 2nd century – around 200; middle: 1st half of the 2nd century; right: 2nd century

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Today's Artwork:

• Salus Populi Romani, face of Mary, 12th to 13th century -- link --
• A man in a blue cloak - Unknown, 1st century AD -- link --
• left: Mummy portrait of a man in Antique Tempera Painting, middle: Mummy portrait of a woman in Encaustic, right: Mummy portrait of a boy in Cold Wax Painting Datierung [dateCreated]: links: 2. Hälfte 2. Jahrhundert – um 200, Mitte: 1. Hälfte 2. Jahrhundert, rechts: 2. Jahrhundert, left: 2nd half of the 2nd century – around 200; middle: 1st half of the 2nd century; right: 2nd century -- link --
• Portrait of a thin-faced, bearded man -- link --
• Mummy Portrait of a Man - Unknown, A.D. 100–125 -- link --

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​How wonderful to spend today looking at this fascinating techinique which combines pigment with wax. The artwork is so beautiful as well; as some of our group said, many of the painters of this period rival any of the painters we consider masters. These artists and their subjects are unknown but their art & faces live on so we can create stories & history for them.