Come gl’Indiani del Perù adorano il Sole, & lo tengono per lo suo principal Iddio. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Come gl’Indiani del Perù adorano il Sole, & lo tengono per lo suo principal Iddio.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: Two Indigenous people in Peru stand atop a step pyramid to worship the sun. They face the sun, with their hands raised towards it. The sun has been designed here with a face that gazes down towards the worshippers. At the base of the pyramid, two other Indigenous people stand in conversation. This image is identical to one found on page 166 verso of Venice, 1565.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23692
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1572 Benzoni; 1572 Benzoni
Image: mta_23692_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples - South America; Indigenous peoples – Peru; Incas; Sun worship; Indigenous peoples – Peru - Pyramids