[Act XI – Sempronio, Pármeno, and Celestina Stand Behind Calisto While he Prays in a Church]

Title

[Act XI – Sempronio, Pármeno, and Celestina Stand Behind Calisto While he Prays in a Church]

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Belgium

Antwerp (Belgium)

Spanish Netherlands

Description

While returning home from her meeting with Melibea, Celestina spots Sempronio and Pármeno, who are going to Saint Mary Magdalene’s Church to check on Calisto, and follows them. The two servants enter first and begin talking with Calisto, while Celestina enters afterward and tells them that she has good news. They go to Calisto’s house for privacy, and Celestina reveals that Melibea is passionately in love with Calisto. Calisto is overjoyed when Celestina tells him that Melibea wants to meet him at midnight, Sempronio and Pármeno are suspicious of Melibea’s sudden change in heart. Calisto tells everyone to leave so that he can rest before night comes, and Celestina returns home. Calisto (the leftmost figure) is seen kneeled in prayer in front of a statue, likely intended to represent a statue of Jesus (considering the geographic location and time period of this edition). This illustration and the one depicting his death are unique, insofar as they are the only ones in which he is not wearing a hat. Sempronio and Pármeno (the two central figures) are both wearing hats, and Celestina (rightmost figure) is wearing her usual robe and veil.

Image Creator

Anonymous (Engraver);Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)

Anonymous (Engraver)

Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)

Type

StillImage

(Wood?) Engraving

Identifier

mta:18194

Source Name

Celestina, Een Tragicomedie van Calisto ende Melibea, inde welcke (buyten haren playsanten ende zoeten zin) staen veel profijtelijcke sententien oft spreecwoorden, ende veel nootzakelijcke waerschouwinghen, byzonder voor Jonghe-ghezellen, betoonende het groot bedroch vande Pluymstrijckers, van de ontrouwe Dienaers, ende voor al van de Koppelerssen en̄ lichte Vrouwē.

Parent Collection

1580 Antwerp Heyndricz

1580 Antwerp Heyndricz

Image

mta_18194_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Celestina

Subject

Spanish romances

Celestina (Fictitious character)

Calisto (Fictitious character)

Sempronio (Fictitious character)

Pármeno (Fictitious character)

Hats

Robes

Veils

Prayer

Statues

Jesus Christ

Servants