oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (front); painting (framed by, tongues, stylized pomegranates, between, net, 2); Thetis and Peleus; Peleus (loincloth, seizing); Thetis (headband, chiton, himation); right; Nereid (headband, chiton, himation, fleeing); in the field; branch (of point, 3: fruit) on belly (bottom); net Condition of the work: incomplete; less a fragment of the mouthpiece; very chipped varnish; altered white highlights; concretions

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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