


olpe
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); checkerboard; on collar (front); stylized grenades (file) on belly; painting (remains, surmounted by, meander); reunion of Helen and Menelaus; Helen (draped, veil, to the right, facing); Menelaus (helmet, breastplate, sword, greaves, holding, lance, 2, shield, episema, ?, in the shape of, point); left; warrior (remains, helmet, shield) Condition of the work: remains of the mouthpiece, the collar and part of the painting; chipped varnish; highlights erased; glued back (2 fragments)
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.