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An item at Louvre

Decoration: man (black, bust, tunic, embroidered, framed by); cord (terminated by, volute, double, surmounted by); wavy ribbon (in halo) Condition of the work: The object is incomplete; broken, it was glued back together and a gap in the halo on the left was filled; repainted; polychromy well preserved.

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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