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

Title: Come gl’Indiani del Peru adorano il Sole, & lo tengono per il suo principal Iddio.
Subject: Indigenous peoples - South America; Indigenous peoples – Peru; Incas; Sun worship; Indigenous peoples – Peru - Pyramids
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.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter); Francesco Rampazetto (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23676
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1565 Rampazetto
Image: mta_23676_OBJ.png