[Act XXI (Second Illustration) – Pleberio Telling Alisa About the Death of Melibea while Lucrecia Stands at a Distance] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XXI (Second Illustration) – Pleberio Telling Alisa About the Death of Melibea while Lucrecia Stands at a Distance]
Subject: Spanish romances; Pleberio (Fictitious character); Alisa (Fictitious character); Lucrecia (Fictitious character); Parents; Servants; Sadness; Despondency; Loss
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Germany; Augsburg (Germany); Free Imperial City of Augsburg; Holy Roman Empire
Description: After Melibea takes her own life, her father Pleberio (central figure) is immersed in despondency. He goes to his bedchamber and informs his wife, Alisa (rightmost figure), of the death of their daughter. Alisa does not utter a word in this act. Based on Pleberio’s implorations for Alisa to help him deal with his sorrow, and his questioning whether she has joined Melibea in the afterlife, we can presume that Alisa has fainted. In the background to the left, we see a female figure, presumably Lucrecia.[In the earlier 1520 Augsburg edition, this is the first illustration of Act XXI.]
Image Creator: Hans Weiditz (Illustrator); Haynrich Stayner (Heinrich Steiner) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:18607
Source Name: AInn recht liepliches buechlin unnd gleich ain traurige Comedi (so von den Latinischen Tragicocomoedia genant wirt) darauß der leser vast nurzlichen bericht/ von schaden unngefar fleischlicher lieb/ untrewe der diener/ ausserz der gemaynen weber/ list und geyrzigkait der kupler/ und gleych als inn eynem spiegel mancherlay sitten unnd aygenschafft der menschen/ sehen und lernen mag.
Parent Collection: 1534 Augsberg Weiditz Steiner
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