hydria

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; painting (surmounted by, tongues); quadriga (horse, 4, driven by); charioteer (beard, xystis, holding, reins, goad, surrounded by); hoplite (2, helmet, greaves, holding, lance, shield, round, episema, 1: rosette) on belly; painting (framed by, palmette and lotus flower, chain, double); quadriga (horse, 4, galloping, driven by); charioteer (beard, cap, xystis, shield, notched, on, back, holding, reins, goad) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the vertical handle and fragments of the belly completed in plaster; glued back

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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