Welcome to the Tracking Colour objects database. It contains information on sculptures known to have traces of ancient polychromy.
All objects 151 objects
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Mummy portrait of a man
- ÆIN 1426
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The portrait of a young man is executed in encaustic on a thin wooden panel, which is fastened on a mummy with golden decorations on the wrapping. The portrait is slightly fragmented. The portrait's polychromy is well...
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Mummy portrait of a man
- ÆIN 681
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The well-preserved portrait of a young man is painted in encaustic on a thin wooden panel with a background painted in grey. Originally, the panel was fastened on the face of a mummy. His hair, eyebrows and beard are ...
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Mummy portrait of a man
- ÆIN 680
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The portrait of a young man is well-preserved and is rendered on a wooden panel with a white painted background. Originally, the panel was fastened on the face of a mummy. The portrait is painted in tempera and encaus...
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Mummy portrait of a man
- ÆIN 1473
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The well-preserved portrait of a young man is painted in encaustic on a wooden panel. Originally, the panel was fastened on the face of a mummy. The hair, eyebrows and beard of the man is painted in black. He has red ...
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Mummy portrait of a man
- ÆIN 684
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The portrait of a man is painted in encaustic on a wooden panel with a white background. Only the middle part of the panel has been preserved. Originally, the panel was fastened on the face of a mummy. The hair, eyebr...
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Mummy portrait of a woman
- ÆIN 682
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The well-preserved portrait of a young woman is executed in encaustic on a wooden panel with a brown/greyish background. A part of the panel, the left side, is missing. Originally, the panel was fastened on the face o...
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Fragment from the Palace of Apries
- ÆIN 1060
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Fragment with a lotus-leaf shaped blade in green, yellow and brown.
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Fragment from the Palace of Apries
- ÆIN 1059
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The examination and analysis of the painted fragment point in different directions. Part of the chromatic scheme is well attested. Copper-based pigments such as the synthetic Egyptian blue and were commonly used. Cal...