
hydria
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on shoulder; painting (remains); divine procession; Athena (remains, helmet, aegis, holding, reins, ?); Apollo (chiton, himation, with band, playing, cithara); Dionysus (crown, beard, turning, head, holding, branch of leaves) Condition of the work: two non-joining fragments of the body remain
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.