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Portrait of the Boy Eutyches

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The portrait makes use of light and dark colors coupled with broad brush strokes to model the boy's face. The olive background of the panel is used to contrast the subject's face and dark hair creating a sense of depth. The image depicted by the portrait is lit by an intra-painting light source to
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exemplifies a fusion of Classical Greek-inflected portrait painting methods, Roman clothing, painting materials, and the historical Egyptian reverence for the dead. The portrait, done in
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Oakes, Lorna. Gahlin, Lucia. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs. p.236 Hermes House. 2002.
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of Kasanios". Scholars do not completely agree on whether the rest of the inscription is translated as "son of Herakleides Evandros" or "Herakleides, son of Evandros".
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of about 100 to 150 AD. The portrait depicts a young boy, who is named as "Eutyches, freedman of Kasanios" by an inscription. It is now in the
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the boy's right; this can be inferred through the reflections present in the boy's eyes. The boy is dressed in white garb.
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Such mortuary portraits, attached to the burial, were popular as an artistic medium in the 1st century AD during the
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while at the same time utilizing materials provided by Rome's flourishing economy.
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38 cm × 19 cm (15 in × 7.5 in)
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inscription written in dark purple pigment below the neckline of the
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It was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by
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