Lot Essay
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H. Zaloscer, Porträts aus dem Wüstensand: Die Mumienbildnisse aus der Oase Fayum, Vienna, 1961, p. 66; K. Parlasca, Repertorio d'arte dell'egitto greco-romano, Palermo, 1969, Serie B, vol. 1, pp. 57-58, no. 113, pl. 27, 3; Catalogue of a collection of Egyptian antiquities brought together and presented ... by Mr. Edward Drummond Libbey, Toledo Museum of Art, 1906, p. 32, no. 172; W. H. Peck, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, Detroit, 1967, p. 36; D. L. Thompson, A Patchwork Fayum in Toledo, American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 77, no. 4, October 1973, pp. 438-439, pl. 88; D. L. Thompson, The Artists of the Mummy Portraits, Malibu, 1976, p. 8, fig. 10; D. L. Thompson, Four 'Fayum Portraits' in the Getty Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, II, 1975, p. 92; and J-E. Berger and R. Pintaudi, El-Fayum, Milan, 1985, p. 68, colour pl. on p. 69.
David L. Thompson (op. cit. AJA, 77) attributes this portrait to Hawara, and compares it to examples now in Baltimore (inv. 32.3), Brooklyn Museum (inv. 11.600 B), and the National Gallery, London (inv. 2913), all excavated by Petrie at Hawara.
H. Zaloscer, Porträts aus dem Wüstensand: Die Mumienbildnisse aus der Oase Fayum, Vienna, 1961, p. 66; K. Parlasca, Repertorio d'arte dell'egitto greco-romano, Palermo, 1969, Serie B, vol. 1, pp. 57-58, no. 113, pl. 27, 3; Catalogue of a collection of Egyptian antiquities brought together and presented ... by Mr. Edward Drummond Libbey, Toledo Museum of Art, 1906, p. 32, no. 172; W. H. Peck, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, Detroit, 1967, p. 36; D. L. Thompson, A Patchwork Fayum in Toledo, American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 77, no. 4, October 1973, pp. 438-439, pl. 88; D. L. Thompson, The Artists of the Mummy Portraits, Malibu, 1976, p. 8, fig. 10; D. L. Thompson, Four 'Fayum Portraits' in the Getty Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, II, 1975, p. 92; and J-E. Berger and R. Pintaudi, El-Fayum, Milan, 1985, p. 68, colour pl. on p. 69.
David L. Thompson (op. cit. AJA, 77) attributes this portrait to Hawara, and compares it to examples now in Baltimore (inv. 32.3), Brooklyn Museum (inv. 11.600 B), and the National Gallery, London (inv. 2913), all excavated by Petrie at Hawara.