Lar

Description

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).

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1987-); Robert Haber & Associates, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art (-1987)

Lar

[]

1–25 CE

Accession Number

1987.3

Medium

bronze with copper inlays

Dimensions

Overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund