Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Lararium; Family Sacrificing to Lares with Agathodaemons
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Lararium; Family Sacrificing to Lares with Agathodaemons
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Image View:
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Detail, family brings sacrifices to the Lares to an altar
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 8905
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 1-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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128 cm (height) x 183 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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allegory; deities; cornucopia; snakes
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Description:
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A wall fresco in two bands or registers, from the Casa di Championnet II (VIII.2.3-5), Pompeii. The lower register has snakes which are actually representations of agathodaemons, or agathos daemons, spirits of the vineyard and grainfields; they flank an altar where eggs have been left for them. Above, a family makes sacrifices at an altar, flanked by Lares (guardian deities). These would be Lares Familiares, protecting the specific family. They hold a rhyton (drinking horn) and hold a small libation bucket. The fresco would have formed a lararium, a household shrine. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania.beniculturali.it/museoarcheologiconazionale)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-LAG-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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