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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (bust, lock of hair, parotid, chiton, framed by); cord (terminated by, volute, surmounted by); tabs (in halo) Condition of the work: incomplete - less the right part of the halo - very poorly preserved polychromy - traces of tearing of the joint cover. Restoration: reattached - completed (some gaps).

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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