hydria

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; painting (remains, framed by, garland: ivy leaf, garland, palmette and lotus flower, frieze); chariot (remains, horse, driven by); charioteer (xystis); in the background; woman (draped, to the right, remains) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: Fragment of the bottom of the belly of a hydria; only a fragment of the belly remains, giving the lower left corner of the painting; glued back together (5 fragments); on an old photo marked Cp 10658, there is a very large fragment of the belly with a scene of departure in a chariot with warrior, charioteer, quadriga and woman not located during the inventory 03/2025.

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.

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