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An item at Louvre

Decoration: maenad (head, stephane, earring: oval, necklace, remains); background (in nimbus: bunch of grapes, rosette, ivy leaf) Condition of the work: incomplete; missing the lower left part; part of the joint cover with its handle is preserved at the back; eroded surface; paint almost completely erased Restoration: the left part, currently unrestored at an undetermined date after the purchase, was once completed and cleaned (probably at the same time as the filling with the probable use of a caustic material)

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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