Antinous — Fayum Portrait

No syncretic form, no crown of another god — only Antinous, painted in the encaustic tradition of his own Roman Egypt. This is the closest surviving painting style to his actual lifetime, the technique used for the very portraits bound into mummy wrappings across the province where he was later worshipped as Osiris. Warm-lit, direct-gazed, unmistakably present — a face meant to be recognized rather than merely admired. For those whose devotion begins with the young man himself, before any god was laid over him.

Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper.

• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia

How to attach hooks on 24″ × 36″ horizontal frames:
Place each of the mounting hooks 1 inch (2.5 cm) from frame corners when hanging horizontally.

Printed on 189 g/m² archival matte paper with fade-resistant inks. Keep out of direct sunlight to preserve colour. Ayous wood frame from renewable forests; includes hanging hardware.

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