Portrait of a woman

Second half of the 2nd century AD. Limewood (Tilia sp., Tiliaceae), encaustic H. 31 cm; W. at the bottom 18.8 cm; W. at the top 20 cm; D. 0.1-0.2 cm Provenance: unknown, perhaps Thebes Paris, Musée du Louvre, N 2733.3 © 2007 Musée du Louvre / Georges Poncet