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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (head, hair, headband, wavy, earring, necklace) Condition of the work: incomplete; missing nose; chips on the surface; well-preserved polychromy

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.

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