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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (interrupted); in medallion; man (remains: himation, shod, near); altar (oves, blood); on basin (side A and B); dance scene; on basin (side A); man (?, remains: himation, holding, stool, cushion, flute case, ?, behind); young girl (remains, chiton, dancing, in front); young man (remains, headband, himation, shod, leaning, on, stick); in the field; stick; drapery (suspended); stool (cushion) on basin (side B); young man (remains, 2, headband, himation); young girl (remains, 2, headband, himation, singing, ?, 1, near); column (Doric, entablature); in the field; drapery (suspended) Condition of the work: there remains a part of the medallion recomposed of 9 joined fragments, some of which are detached; a gap is filled in plaster; large chip; 3 non-joined fragments of the edge

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.