De Cerere Dea Frvgvm Et Sicvlorum Regina · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Cerere Dea Frvgvm Et Sicvlorum Regina
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Sicily
Description: Ceres, the goddess of the harvest, stands in the middle of the photo. Ceres was the queen of Sicily, and was the first of the Sicilians to tame and train oxen to pull plows and plowshares, which she invented. The plows were used to prepare the ground for agriculture, as well as plant seeds. Her inventions are represented in the photo as she stands between two men, instructing them on how to use the oxen for plowing. In the field behind her, others are cutting down crops and leading livestock around.
Image Creator: Jakob Kallenberg (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut engraving
Identifier: mta:18514
Language: lat
Source Name: Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo Insigne Opvs de Claris Mulieribus
Parent Collection: 1539 Apiarius; 1539 Apiarius
Image: mta_18514_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Ceres; Harvest; Agriculture; Goddesses