[Act VI – Celestina, Calisto, Sempronio, and Pármeno] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act VI – Celestina, Calisto, Sempronio, and Pármeno]
Subject: Spanish romances; Celestina (Fictitious character); Calisto (Fictitious character); Sempronio (Fictitious character); Pármeno (Fictitious character); Servants; Robes; Veils
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Italy; Venice (Italy); Republic of Venice
Description: In the centre of the illustration, we see Celestina wearing a robe and a veil. There are two male figures to the left and one to the right, representing Calisto, Sempronio, and Pármeno. This depicts the scene in which Celestina tells Calisto about her visit with Melibea, after which she presents him with Melibea’s girdle.[This illustration is identical to those found in Acts IV (folio 32r), V (folio 42r), VIII (folio 62r), X (folio 74r), XIII (folio 93v), XV (folio 102r), and XVII (folio 109r).]
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver); Cesare Arrivabene (Cesaro Arriuabeno) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:19781
Source Name: Celestina; Tragicomedia de Calisto e Melibea nouamente tradocta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma. Aggiontoui di nouo tutto quello ch(?) fin al giorno presente li manchaua. Da poi ogni altra impressione nouissimamente correcta : distincta ordenada : & in piu comoda forma reducta : adorna da etiam di molte bellissime figure : segondo el numero di soi acti : con le persone etia a dicti acti conueniente : le qual cose nelle alter impressione non si troua.
Parent Collection: 1519 Venice Arrivabene
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