



crater
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on basin; Heracles and the Amazons; Heracles (remains, Leontes, overcoming); Amazon (remains, greaves, chiton, cuirass, falling) on basin (at the bottom); palmette (alternating, frieze) Condition of the work: there remain 2 non-joining fragments of the basin
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.