[Act IX – Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Elicia, and Areusa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act IX – Sempronio, Pármeno, Celestina, Elicia, and Areusa]
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Spain; Seville (Spain); Castile (Kingdom)
Description: Sempronio and Pármeno (two leftmost figures) join Celestina (central figure), along with Areusa and Elicia (two rightmost figures), for dinner. Elicia grows frustrated when Sempronio begins praising Melibea’s beauty and virtue, but Celestina manages to restore peace between them. As they dine, Lucrecia knocks at the door and informs Celestina that Melibea has requested the return of her girdle. More importantly, Lucrecia tells her that Melibea is afflicted by an illness of the heart and desires her aid. Celestina’s guests depart first, after which Celestina leaves for Melibea’s house with Lucrecia.[The figures in this illustration are used in multiple other illustrations throughout this edition.]
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver);Jacobo Cromberger (Printer); Anonymous (Engraver); Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:19851
Source Name: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea : en la qual se contiene de mas de su agradable e dulce estilo muchas sentencias filosofales : e auisos muy necessarios para mancebos : mostrandoles los engaños quastan encerrados en seruientes e alcabuetas : e nueuamente añadido el tractado de Centurio.
Parent Collection: 1502 Seville Cromberger; 1502 Seville Cromberger
Image: mta_19851_OBJ.png
Collection: Celestina