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An item at Louvre

Decoration: Bacchus (head, crown: ivy leaf, berry); background (in halo) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the right part of the halo; the handle at the back is entirely preserved but not the joint cover; painting very partially preserved

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.