pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (framed with stylized grenades); on belly (side A); woman (?, remains: foot, chiton, himation) on belly (side B); Trojan War; Achilles (remains, himation, staff, seated, on, seat, near); Ulysses (beard, crown: leaf, himation, holding, staff); in the field; object Condition of the work: incomplete; only half of the belly remains, composed of 2 joined fragments Restoration: glued back together; completed

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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