Title

[Act XII (Second Illustration) – Pármeno and Sempronio Murder Celestina and Jump from a Window, Where They Are Caught by the Alguacil’s Men]

Period

1500-1550;

Geographic

Spain

Seville (Spain)

Castile (Kingdom)

Description

When Pármeno and Sempronio arrive at Celestina’s house, they demand their share of the gold chain that Calisto had given her. Celestina gives endless excuses to escape the duty of her promise, telling them that she lost it, that she did all the work, that she never promised it in the first place, and that they are greedy. They begin threatening her, and she calls to Elicia for help. Sempronio draws his sword, causing Celestina and Elicia to scream in terror. He starts stabbing her, with Pármeno encouraging his violence (seen on the left of the illustration). As Celestina and Elicia scream for the Alguacil’s men, Sempronio and Pármeno hear the guards at the door (depicted by the two rightmost figures) and flee upstairs. With no other means of escape, they decide to jump from the third storey window (seen in the centre of the illustration).[None of the elements in this illustration are found elsewhere in this edition.]

Image Creator

Anonymous (Engraver);Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Anonymous (Engraver)

Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Type

StillImage

Woodcut

Identifier

mta:19886

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

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Collection

Celestina

Subject

Spanish romances

Celestina (Fictitious character)

Sempronio (Fictitious character)

Pármeno (Fictitious character)

Elicia (Fictitious character)

Servants

Prostitutes

Alguacil

Justice

Murder

Violence

Death

Greed

Jumping

Falling

Falls