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An item at Louvre

Decoration: mermaid (in profile, to the right, diadem, ?, wing, spread, on, base) Condition of the work: whole but broken and glued back together at the head, tail and wingtips. The legs have been redone.


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.