olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (front); frieze (palmette, pointed, vertical, alternating with, palmette, reversed) on belly; painting (surmounted by, ivy leaf, garland, separated by, wavy line); amazon (remains, helmet, holding, lance, 2, walking, to the right, near, horse, to the right) Condition of the work: incomplete; two non-joining fragments remain; fragment 1: part of the collar and the top of the painting; fragment 2: bottom of the painting

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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