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An item at Louvre

mermaid (hair, headband, bun of curls, top, lock, sakkos, earring, wing, spread, standing) Condition of the work: incomplete: missing legs, fingers and right wing; hole under left shoulder. The head, arms and wing have been glued back on, while the right wing, legs and modern base have been dismantled.


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.