Facsimile of the Apse Painting in Tomb 25, Bagawat Necropolis, Kharga Oasis

Charles K. Wilkinson

2nd century CE or later · 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

2nd century CE or later

Medium

Tempera on paper

Culture

Egyptian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1930