[Act VIII – Pármeno and Areusa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act VIII – Pármeno and Areusa]
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Calisto’s servant Pármeno, who is wearing a hat and has a sword mounted on his belt. The right panel depicts Celestina’s prostitute (and Pármeno’s lover) Areusa wearing a veil and a robe. Both figures are placed outside.The left panel is identical to those found on pages 60, 146, and 187, and nearly identical to those found on pages 263 (where it is labeled ‘Sosia’), 299 (labeled ‘Pleberio’), and 326 (labeled ‘Sosia’). The right panel is identical to those found on pages 287, 306, and 317, 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 (where it is labeled ‘Alisa’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator);Nicolas Cousteau (Printer); Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18307
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_18307_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish Romances; Areusa (Fictitious character); Pármeno (Fictitious character); Swords; Hats; Robes; Veils; Servants; Prostitutes; Love