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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (head, hair, wavy, lock, stephanè, decorated with, lotus bud, frieze, earring, decorated with, flower) Condition of the work: The object is incomplete; the lower left part is missing; chips on the nose; part of the joint cover preserved; polychromy well preserved; formerly completed as a bust, which has been dismantled.

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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