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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (head, framed by); palmette (surmounted by); cord (surmounted by); tongues (in halo); on plinth; band (2, oblique, opposite) Condition of the work: whole - polychromy largely preserved - beginning of the joint cover preserved. Restoration: reglued (4 pieces).

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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