Cerere der Göttin der Früchten ein Künigin von Sicilia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cerere der Göttin der Früchten ein Künigin von Sicilia
Subject: Important Women; Famous Women; Ceres; Goddesses; Agriculture; Harvest; Roman Mythology
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Italian Countryside; Italy
Description: The goddess of agriculture, Ceres, is depicted on the right side of the engraving wearing a crown and holding a scepter. Boccaccio explains that after discovering agriculture, Ceres had tamed oxen and trained them to yoke. She also discovered planting seeds and then taught men how to harvest them once they matured. There is one man plowing the fields with the oxen, and another in the background husking grain. There is another man with a bag of flour over his head, as Ceres also taught men how to turn flour into an edible fare. Ceres wears the crown and scepter to signify her importance linked to agriculture and harvest.
Image Creator: Joerg Breu (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:18248
Language: ger
Source Name: Ein schöne Cronica oder Hystoribuch von den fürnämlichsten Weybern [A beautiful chronicle or history book of reputable women]
Parent Collection: 1543 Stayner
Image: mta_18248_OBJ.jpg