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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); Herakles and Cerberus; Herakles (remains, leonte, chiton, short, club, scabbard, near); Cerberus (remains); in the background; Hermes (remains, boot); on the right; column; Persephone (remains, chiton, himation) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 1) on belly (at the bottom); zone (3, between, fillet); meander; lotus flower (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: there are only 4 fragments of the belly that are not joined, including 1 recomposed from two joined fragments (volute) glued back together; chips

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.