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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; tabs; on belly; man (grotesque, seated, on stool); right; scroll Condition of the work: entire-concretions-chips Restoration: repainted (entire decoration)


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.