
olpe
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on belly; painting (remains, topped with, point, line, double); Dionysus and his thiase; Dionysus (crown, beard, draped, to the right, holding, kéras, surrounded by); maenad (headband, chiton, nebride, ?, dancing, to the right, returning, head); satyr (dancing, to the left, returning, head); in the field; branch (of point) Condition of the work: remains of the mouthpiece, the neck and the upper part of the painting of the belly; chipped varnish; glued back (3 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.