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Fig 61 – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ Wearing Three Leather Bulla Amulets And A Gold Signet Ring. Fayum Mummy Portrait From Er-Rubayat, Egypt, c.200 – 230 AD

c.200 – 230 AD – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ – depicting the Fayum Mummy Portrait of a young boy from Er-Rubayat in Egypt wearing: a black plaited leather necklace with three leather bulla amulets and a gold signet ring on his left hand.
From Er-Rubayat, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

Fig 147 – Portrait Of The 6 Month Old ‘Francis Thynne, Fifth Son Of Sir John Thynne, The Builder Of Longleat House’ Holding A Silver Whistle And Bells Rattle With Animal Tooth Teether, And Wearing A Gold Chain With A Gold Jewelled Cross Pendant, And Jewelled Cap And Sleeve Aglets. Attributed To Hans Eworth, 1564

1564 – Portrait of ‘Francis Thynne, Fifth Son of Sir John Thynne’ – depicting the 6 month old son of Sir John Thynne (builder of Longleat House) holding a silver whistle and bells rattle with animal tooth teether hung on a silver chain around his waist; jewelled aglets adorn his cap and sleeves; and a gold chain with a gold jewelled cross is looped twice around his neck.
Attributed to Hans Eworth (Netherlandish)
Longleat House, England