Conversations around Funerary Portraits

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

Oct 26 2022

Fragmentary portrait of a woman, Egypt, second half 2nd century CE. Support: imported European lime wood (Tilia europaea); binder: beeswax; pigments: lead white, red and yellow ochres, carbon black, natrojarosite, Egyptian blue. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. A. Kingsley Potter, 1946.44.

Join two museum specialists to explore funerary practices in Roman-period Egypt and displaying ancient funerary materials in museums.

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Join curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin and Lissette Jiménez, assistant professor of museum studies from San Francisco State University, for a virtual conversation about funerary practices in Roman-period Egypt and displaying ancient funerary materials in museums.

Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums
Lissette Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, San Francisco State University

ADMISSION INFO

This talk will take place online via Zoom. The event is free and open to all, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.

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LOCATION

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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