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Pax Romana Art
The Household Shrine
A Roman house · Kalends, Nones and Ides
740 kr876 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
Details & specs
Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Timeless
Shipping & returns
Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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The Household ShrineFramed canvas · Black · 12x18″
740 kr
876 krSave 136 kr
A Roman house · Kalends, Nones and Ides
One Flame for the Household Gods
Roman religion began at home. Each household honored the Lar familiaris, the guardian spirit of the family and its property, alongside the Penates of the storeroom and Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The head of the household, the paterfamilias, led the rites, and as the Roman rite required, he prayed with his toga drawn over his head.
Cato the Elder, writing in the second century BC, tells the housekeeper of a farm to lay a garland on the hearth on the Kalends, Ides and Nones and on festival days, and to pray to the Lar of the household. In Plautus' comedy The Pot of Gold, the Lar himself speaks the prologue and praises a daughter who brings him incense, wine or garlands every day. Shrines of this kind, called lararia, survive by the hundreds at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Many are painted with a pair of dancing Lares raising drinking horns, and a great serpent below, usually read as a guardian spirit of the place.
The piece
The painting is lit by a single shaft of morning sun from a high window on the left. It falls across the floor and the boy's white tunic and leads the eye up to the shrine: a small temple front of painted columns, the dancing Lares and the serpent on red plaster, the bronze statuettes, the small flame. The father reaches across with his offering. To the right the mother waits with her plate and garland, and the girl and the dog both look up at the wall.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
Size guide
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Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.
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