Facsimile of the Dome Painting of the Chapel of Exodus, Bagawat Necropolis, Kharga Oasis
Charles K. Wilkinson
325–375 · Tempera on paper · Medieval Art
This facsimile is a reproduction of the apse painting in Tomb 25 at Bagawat. Similar decoration adorned tombs in Alexandria, Egypt. Representing the way in which the people of Kharga participated in the visual culture of the late Roman Empire, the geometric decoration resembles textile and mosaic patterns found throughout the Mediterranean.
- Artist
- Charles K. Wilkinson
- Date
- 325–375
- Medium
- Tempera on paper
- Culture
- Coptic
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1930
