



amphora
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by ivy leaf, garland); Dionysian scene; maenad (headband, chiton, dancing, surrounded by); satyr (2, ithyphallic, dancing) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less one handle; gaps on the belly completed in plaster
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
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.