[Argument – While Calisto and Melibea Talk, Sosia and Tristan Stand Guard, and Lucrecia Watches from a Distance]

Title

[Argument – While Calisto and Melibea Talk, Sosia and Tristan Stand Guard, and Lucrecia Watches from a Distance]

Subject

Spanish romances

Calisto (Fictitious character)

Melibea (Fictitious character)

Sosia (Fictitious character)

Tristan (Fictitious character)

Lucrecia (Fictitious character)

Period

1500-1550;

Geographic

Germany

Augsburg (Germany)

Free Imperial City of Augsburg

Holy Roman Empire

Description

This image shows five characters: Calisto and Melibea sitting under a tree in the midground, Lucrecia in the background, and Sosia and Tristan in the foreground. Calisto, Melibea, and Lucrecia are within the walls of Melibea’s garden. Sosia and Tristan are standing guard outside the garden wall while Calisto and Melibea talk and hold hands. The moon in the upper left corner indicates that the scene is taking place at night. Lucrecia is standing in the background, waiting from a distance for Melibea to conclude her rendezvous with Calisto.

Image Creator

Hans Weiditz (Illustrator);Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer)

Hans Weiditz (Illustrator)

Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer)

Type

StillImage

Wood engraving

Identifier

mta:18575

Source Name

AInn recht liepliches buechlin unnd gleich ain traurige Comedi (so von den Latinischen Tragicocomoedia genant wirt) darauß der leser vast nurzlichen bericht/ von schaden unngefar fleischlicher lieb/ untrewe der diener/ ausserz der gemaynen weber/ list und geyrzigkait der kupler/ und gleych als inn eynem spiegel mancherlay sitten unnd aygenschafft der menschen/ sehen und lernen mag.

Parent Collection

1534 Augsberg Weiditz Steiner

1534 Augsberg Weiditz Steiner

Image

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Collection

Celestina

Subject

Spanish romances

Calisto (Fictitious character)

Melibea (Fictitious character)

Sosia (Fictitious character)

Tristan (Fictitious character)

Lucrecia (Fictitious character)