Unknown artist, "Mummy portrait of a young woman named Eirene from Egypt” detail (c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE), encaustic on wood panel (image via Wikimedia Commons) Being a public persona on ...
A new book highlights 100 artistic curiosities, from the nude “Mona Lisa” to portraits of a dog-headed saint Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History In the last years of his life, ...