[Act XVI – Melibea, Lucrecia, Alisa, and Pleberio]

Title

[Act XVI – Melibea, Lucrecia, Alisa, and Pleberio]

Period

1500-1550;

Geographic

Spain

Seville (Spain)

Castile (Kingdom)

Description

Melibea overhears her parents Pleberio and Alisa (the two rightmost figures) talking about finding her a husband. They discuss her innocence, highlighting that she is still a virgin and has probably never considered having a male companion. Melibea grows frustrated with their assumption that she is naïve and ignorant and asks Lucrecia (as depicted by the two leftmost figures) to disrupt their conversation.[The figures in this illustration are used in multiple other illustrations throughout this edition.]

Image Creator

Anonymous (Engraver);Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Anonymous (Engraver)

Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)

Type

StillImage

Woodcut

Identifier

mta:19890

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

Melibea (Fictitious character)

Lucrecia (Fictitious character)

Pleberio (Fictitious character)

Alisa (Fictitious character)

Servants

Parents

Frustration

Innocence

Virginity

Ignorance

Marriage