Virtual recreation of a statuette of the god Mercury made in bronze and silver, 13 cm high. This small statuette is based on the god Mercury from a Boscoreale lararium. Currently in the Walters Museum, Baltimore, USA, as well as other references located in the Museum of Albacete or Lorca.
The god is represented with a winged cap and staff, holding a bag in his right hand. He wears a silver ring around his neck. This figurine would have formed part of the gods protecting the home and would have been located in the lararium.
The lararium, or family shrine, provided a place for rituals associated with the veneration and appeasement of the household gods and other events related to the family ancestors. Houses and villas sometimes contained several lararia, located in different areas or rooms of the household.
LOD0: 98K Poly / 98K Tris
LOD1: 29K Poly / 29K Tris
LOD2: 9K Poly / 9K Tris
LOD3: 2K Poly / 2K Tris
Game Ready Model
Formats: .FBX; .OBJ; .blend.
PBR materials (JPG/PNG)
Texture maps: Base Color, Normal Map, Metallic, Roughness, AO, Height.
Texture resolution: 1K, 2K and 4K.
Rigged: No
Animated: No
Mask for color alternatives: No
Elena ValeroDesirée García Espinosa
Orr, D. G. Roman Domestic Religion: A Study of the Roman Lararia. University of Maryland, 1969.
Pérez Ruiz, M. (2008). El culto en la casa romana. AnMurcia, 23-24, págs. 199-229.
Waites, M. C. The Nature of the Lares and their Representation in Román Art. AJA, Vol. 24, Nº3, 1920.
In these links you can access the files and images of some of the statuettes:
