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An item at Louvre

Decoration: maenad (head, necklace: with pendants, earring: with pendants); background (in nimbus: rosette, bay) Condition of the work: incomplete - only the face of the antefix remains - end of the nose Shoulder - Numerous cracks and scales over the entire surface

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.