[Act II – Pármeno and Calisto] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act II – Pármeno and Calisto]
Subject: Spanish romances; Pármeno (Fictitious character); Calisto (Fictitious character); Swords; Hats; Canes; Walking sticks; Servants
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Calisto’s servant Pármeno, who is wearing a hat and has a sword mounted on his belt. To the right we see Calisto wearing a hat and holding a long item of some sort, perhaps a cane or walking stick. Both figures are placed outside.The left panel is identical to those found on pages 146, 173, and 187, and nearly identical to those found on pages 263 (where it is labeled ‘Sosia’), 299 (labeled ‘Pleberio’), and 326 (labeled ‘Sosia’). The right panel is identical to those found on pages 12, 122, 225, and 235, and nearly identical to the one found on page 317 (where it is labeled ‘Centurio’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18296
Source Name: Célestine, en laquelle est traicte des deceptions des serviteurs envers leurs maistres et des macquerelles envers les amoureux, translaté d'ytalien en françois
Parent Collection: 1527 Paris Cousteau
Image: mta_18296_OBJ.jpg