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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (head, hair, wavy) Condition of the work: only the face remains, less the upper right part and the nose; polychromy well preserved despite some chips Restoration: dismantled (formerly completed in Juno Sospita)


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.