[Act X] Melibea ontsteken zijnde met de minne van Calisto / spreect aldus · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act X] Melibea ontsteken zijnde met de minne van Calisto / spreect aldus
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Belgium; Antwerp (Belgium); Spanish Netherlands
Description: When Celestina arrives at Melibea’s house with Lucrecia, Melibea explains the pain in her heart and asks Celestina to tell her its cause. Celestina responds that the cause is love, and that she will only be cured if she confesses her passion for Calisto. In denial, Melibea angrily rejects this suggestion, but Celestina eventually persuades her to confess her love. Celestina proposes that the two lovers meet in Melibea’s garden that night at midnight, and Melibea agrees. Every figure in this illustration is female, and each is wearing a robe and a veil. Based on the narrative, we know that the two figures on the right are Lucrecia and Celestina, and we can infer that the rightmost figure is Celestina since she is being led into the house. The particular identities of the figures to the left of the image are less certain, although we can suppose that the figure on the right is Melibea, seeing as her robe appears more refined, and her facial expression and body language seem to express anger. We also know that the other two figures are Celestina and Lucrecia, since they are the only ones present when Melibea is upset.The entire image is identical to the one found on page 64 of the text.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver);Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer); Anonymous (Engraver); Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)
Type: StillImage; (Wood?) Engraving
Identifier: mta:18193
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_18193_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Celestina
Subject: Spanish romances; Celestina (Fictitious character); Melibea (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Robes; Veils; Servants; Love; Passions; Anger; Denial (Psychology)

Media: mta_18193_OBJ.jpg