olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); checkerboard; on neck (front); frieze (palmette, reversed, pointed, alternating with, lotus flower, stylized) on belly; painting (remains, topped with, stylized pomegranates, line); Hermes (beard, himation, short, decorated with, point, boot, with wing, playing, barbiton, to the left, near, dog, in front of); Dionysus (crown, leaf, beard, himation, walking, to the right, returning, head) Condition of the work: the upper part of the painting with the top of the vase remains; varnish slightly chipped; glued back on

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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