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Original fileafter Hendrick Goltzius
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.
Documents classés de l'art dans les Pays-Bas du Xe au XVIIIème siècle recueillis & reproduits par J.J. van Ysendyck Architecte. GABLES. GAINES. GALERIES. GANTS. GARDE-CORPS. GARGOVILLES. GIROVETTES. GOBELETS. GRAVVRES. GRÈS. GRIFFES. GRILS. GRILLES. GRILLES DORMANTES. GRISAILLES. GVIMPES. GVIRLANDES. BRVGIS FLANDRORVM AN. A CHRISTO NATO M. D. LXXVI. FRONTISPICE XVIe siècle tiré de la « Sicilia et magna Graecia » dessiné et édité à Bruges en 1576 par H. Goltzius, et imprimé à Anvers par Gilles van den Rade de Gand. LETTRINE XVIIIe siècle. typographie de J. Covens et C. Mortier à Amsterdam.
Translation
Classified art documents in the Netherlands from the 10th to the 18th century collected & reproduced by J.J. van Ysendyck Architect. GABLES. PILASTERS. GALLERIES. GLOVES. RAILINGS. GARGOYLES. WEATHERVANES. GOBLETS. ENGRAVINGS. STONEWARE. CLAWS. BROILERS. GRILLES. FIXED GRILLES. GRISAILLES. WIMPLES. GARLANDS. BRUGES OF THE FLEMINGS IN THE YEAR OF CHRIST’S BIRTH 1576. FRONTISPIECE 16th century taken from "Sicilia et magna Graecia" drawn and published in Bruges in 1576 by H. Goltzius, and printed in Antwerp by Gilles van den Rade of Ghent. INITIAL 18th century. typography of J. Covens and C. Mortier in Amsterdam.
Hubertus Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius designed this frontispiece for Hubertus Goltzius's scholarly work 'Sicilia et Magna Graecia' (1576).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.719660
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May 30, 2024
March 23, 2026
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