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Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice, while a woman with cornucopia makes an offering on an altar and a man plays a tibia or aulos. Two serpents crawl toward a cista mystica (sacred chest) below. Lari da una pittura dErcolano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843.
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Caption:
Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice, while a woman with cornucopia makes an offering on an altar and a man plays a tibia or aulos. Two serpents crawl toward a cista mystica (sacred chest) below. Lari da una pittura dErcolano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
6657 x 4118 px | 78.4 MB
Print size:
56.4 x 34.9 cm | 22.2 x 13.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ALTAR • AULOS • AULOS, DOUBLE FLUTE • BOAR • CISTA MYSTICA • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CORNUCOPIA • CORSI • COSTUMES ANCIENT AND MODERN OF THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD • CROWN • DOUBLE AULOS • FASHION • FLUTE, AULOS-DOUBLE FLUTE • GENII • GIULIO FERRARIO • HANDCOLOURED • HERCULANEUM • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HORN OF PLENTY • HOUSE GOD • IL COSTUME ANTICO E MODERNO • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • LARARIUM • LARES • LARI DA UNA PITTURA DERCOLANO • LIBATIONS • MAN • MEN • MODA • MUSICAL INSTR. AULOS, FLUTE • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AULOS, FLUTE • OFFERING • ROMAN • ROMANO • SACRED CHEST • SACRFICE • SERPENTS • SHRINE • TIBIA • WOMAN • WOMEN • WOMENS
