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Original fileReproductie van een titelpagina van Sicilia et magna Graecia door Hendrick Goltzius, afgebeeld een Romeinse tempel met
after Hendrick Goltzius
About This Work
A monumental architectural frame serves as a stage for classical figures, with Neptune holding a trident on the left and a female deity, likely Ceres, on the right. The pediment displays the chariots of the Sun and Moon flanking a central triskelion, the ancient symbol of Sicily. The central panel contains a list of French architectural terms beginning with the letter 'G', reflecting the print's later use in a 19th-century design encyclopedia.
This work represents the Renaissance humanist effort to catalog and celebrate the classical past through antiquarianism and numismatics. The use of Sol and Luna alongside regional mythology reflects a 16th-century intellectual tradition that unified geography, history, and cosmological order.