[Act XVIII – Areusa and Centurio] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XVIII – Areusa and Centurio]
Subject: Spanish romances; Areusa (Fictitious character); Centurio (Fictitious character); Robes; Veils; Prostitutes; Hats; Canes; Walking sticks
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Celestina’s prostitute Areusa, who is wearing a veil and a robe. To the right, we see Centurio wearing a hat and holding a long item of some sort, perhaps a cane/walking stick. Both figures are placed outside.The left panel is identical to those found on pages 173, 287, and 306, and is nearly identical to those found on pages 12, 208 and 271 (where it is labeled ‘Melibea’), page 84 (labeled ‘Lucrecia’), and page 350 (labeled ‘Alisa’). The right panel is nearly identical to those found on pages 12, 60, 122, 225, and 235 (where it is labeled ‘Calisto’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator);Nicolas Cousteau (Printer); Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18325
Source Name: Célestine, en laquelle est traicte des deceptions des serviteurs envers leurs maistres et des macquerelles envers les amoureux, translaté d'ytalien en françois
Parent Collection: 1527 Paris Cousteau; 1527 Paris Cousteau
Image: mta_18325_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Areusa (Fictitious character); Centurio (Fictitious character); Robes; Veils; Prostitutes; Hats; Canes; Walking sticks

Media: mta_18325_OBJ.jpg