[Act IV – Lucrecia and Celestina] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act IV – Lucrecia and Celestina]
Subject: Spanish romances; Celestina (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Veils; Robes; Flowers; Servants
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: France; Paris (France); Kingdom of France
Description: The left panel depicts Melibea’s servant Lucrecia, who is wearing a robe and a veil. To the right we see Celestina, who is also sporting a robe and a veil, holding a flower in her right hand. Both figures are placed outside.The left panel is nearly identical to those found on pages 12, 208 and 271 (where it is labeled ‘Melibea’), pages 173, 287, 306, and 317 (where it is labeled ‘Areusa’), and page 350 (where it is labeled ‘Alisa’). The right panel is nearly identical to those found on pages 235 (where it is labeled ‘Lucrece’), 287 (labeled ‘Elicia’), 299 (labeled ‘Alisa’), and 306 (labeled ‘Elicia’).
Image Creator: Nicolas Cousteau (Illustrator); Nicolas Cousteau (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:18299
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_18299_OBJ.jpg