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Lar

1–25 CE · bronze with copper inlays

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About this work

This youthful bronze figure wears a short tunic with copper inlaid stripes and open-toed boots with animal-skin liners. The figure’s arms are missing, but based on other surviving examples, they likely held a libation dish and cornucopia. Even without these attributes, the figure can be identified through dress and stance as a type of Lar, or domestic deity, known as the Lar Familiaris (Household Lar), standing in a characteristic "quiet pose." Other types of Lares include the Lares Compitales and Lares Augusti (Lares of crossroads and of Augustus, respectively).

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLar, 1–25 CE. Italy, Rome, Early Imperial period. Bronze with copper inlays; overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1987.3

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