[Act XII – Calisto and Lucrece (Lucrecia)] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XII – Calisto and Lucrece (Lucrecia)]
Subject: Spanish romances; Calisto (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Hats; Canes; Walking sticks; Flowers; Robes; Veils; Servants
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Calisto wearing a hat and holding a long item of some sort, perhaps a cane or walking stick. To the right, we see Melibea’s servant Lucrecia (here spelled ‘Lucrece’) sporting a veil and a long robe, and holding a flower in her right hand. Both figures are placed outside.The left panel is identical to those found on pages 12, 60, 122, and 225, and nearly identical to the one found on page 317 (where it is labeled ‘Centurio’). The right panel is nearly identical to those found on pages 84 (where it is labeled ‘Celestine’), 287 (labeled ‘Elicia’), 299 (labeled ‘Alisa’), and 306 (labeled ‘Elicia’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator);Nicolas Cousteau (Printer); Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18313
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_18313_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Calisto (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Hats; Canes; Walking sticks; Flowers; Robes; Veils; Servants

Media: mta_18313_OBJ.jpg