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Title
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[Act III] Sempronio gaende na thuys van Celistina.
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Description
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Sempronio goes to Celestina’s house on behalf of Calisto and chastises her for not working quickly enough. She explains that the delays will increase her profit, since they will allow her to ask Calisto for more rewards whenever she makes a bit of progress. She asks Sempronio to join her in scamming Calisto, and she offers him her prostitute Elicia (to the left of the image), whom he loves, as a reward for his loyalty. He agrees and joins her.To the right of the image, Sempronio is depicted wearing a hat, and he has a sword mounted on his belt. His body language conveys an air of anger or frustration toward Celestina. Celestina is depicted in a robe and a veil. Her face hints at her displeasure with Sempronio’s reprobative discourse, while the index finger on her right hand is held up, indicating that she is asking for a moment to explain herself. To the left of the image, we see Elicia wearing a robe and a veil. With a distraught look on her face, she appears to have overheard the conversation between Celestina and Sempronio. The exact nature what of she is doing is vague; based on the basket in the lower left corner, she may be weaving or doing laundry.Also of note: Celestina’s left hand appears to be pointing toward something on the ground between Sempronio’s feet. This may be mere coincidence, but the nature of the rounded lines, quite distinct when compared to the other environmental linework, leads me to believe that this could possibly be an artist's signature of some sort.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:18185
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Source Name
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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.
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Image
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