[Act III – Elicia Watches as Sempronio and Celestina Arrive] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act III – Elicia Watches as Sempronio and Celestina Arrive]
Subject: Spanish romances; Sempronio (Fictitious character); Celestina (Fictitious character); Elicia (Fictitious character); Anger; scams; Deception; Loyalty; Prostitutes; Servants
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Germany; Augsburg (Germany); Free Imperial City of Augsburg; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Sempronio (rightmost figure) arrives at the house of Celestina (central figure) and angrily chastises her for the slackness with which she is fulfilling Calisto’s request. She explains that she will be able to extract more compensation from Calisto if she takes her time. She asks him to join her in scamming Calisto, offering him an equal share of the profits and her prostitute Elicia (top-left corner, looking out from the window) in exchange for his loyalty. Sempronio readily agrees, and when Celestina departs for Melibea’s house, he stays behind to spend time with Elicia.
Image Creator: Hans Weiditz (Illustrator); Marx Wirsung (Printer); Sigismund Grymm (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:20001
Source Name: Ain hipsche Tragedia von zwaien liebhabenden mentschen ainem Ritter Calixstus unn ainer Edlen junckfrawen Melibia genannt/ deren anfang müesam was/ das mittel sieß mit dem aller bittersten ir bayder sterben beschlossen.
Parent Collection: 1520 Augsbery Weiditz, Wirsung & Grymm (Coloured)
Image: mta_20001_OBJ.png