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An item at Louvre

actor (Papposilenus, polos, flared, costume, hairy, drapery, on, hip, dancing, playing, rattlesnake) Condition of the work: incomplete: the rattlesnakes, the left foot and part of an ear are missing. Several fragments have been glued back together.


Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.