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MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A MAN, Romano-Egyptian, AD 140-160; encaustic on wood; linen Located: Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA (Getty Villa) Accession No.: 73.AP94 From Label: The painter of this portrait used the encaustic technique to contrast the main’s thick, dark hair and beard with the highlights on his forehead and nose and the plain, light-colored backgrond. The unpained strip at the bottom was once covered by the mummy’s linen wrappings, remnants of which survive at the corners.