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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (bottom); fillet; on shoulder; palmette (between); ivy leaf (degenerate) on belly; young man (3, draped) on belly (bottom); fillet Condition of the work: incomplete - less large fragment of the belly - glued back on

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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.