Thumbnail image for craterThumbnail image for craterThumbnail image for crater
crater

crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin; zone (2, separated by); oves; on basin (top); combat between Aeneas and Diomedes; Aphrodite (?, remains, himation, holding, bird, in front); quadriga (horse, 4); to the left; shield (remains, 2, episema: horse, 1); warrior (remains, chiton, shield, episema: lion, scabbard); warrior (Diomedes, ?, remains, chiton, cuirass, with lambrequins, sword, shield, shield apron, spear, wounding); warrior (Aeneas, ?, helmet, beard, chiton, cuirass, baldric, holding, sword, kneeling, ?, wounded); Eos (?, remains: himation); warrior (remains, chiton, cuirass, with lambrequins, shield, scabbard, in front); charioteer (remains, xystis, holding, goad, on, chariot); to the right; horse (remains, 2); warrior (remains, 2, ?, shield, episema, cuirass) on basin (below); quadriga (remains, horse, 4); to the right; ox (remains, 3); horse (remains, 1) Condition of the work: There remain 8 non-joined fragments of the basin, some of which are recomposed from several reattached fragments. Fragment NY 1976.244.2a (reattached to RS 464 and cp 10823) completes the arm of the wounded warrior; fragment NY 1976.244.2b reattached to cp 10823 completes the legs of the horses; reattached

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

cratercratercratercratercrater

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.