art-through-the-ages:Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family, from Egypt, ca. A.D. 200.
art-through-the-ages:Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family, from Egypt, ca. A.D. 200. Tempera on wood, approx. 14” diameter. Staatliche Museen, Berlin.The African-born emperor Septimius Severus, his wife, Julia Domna, and their two sons, Caracalla and Geta, appear in a tondo portrait from Egypt painted in tempera.The head of Geta was later erased by Caracalla. -- source link
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