[Act XIX – After Calisto Falls to His Death, Sosia and Tristán Try to Help Him] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Act XIX – After Calisto Falls to His Death, Sosia and Tristán Try to Help Him]
Subject: Spanish romances; Calisto (Fictitious character); Sosia (Fictitious character); Tristan (Fictitious character); Ladders; Walls; Gardens; Shields; Hats; Death; Dying; Falling
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Belgium; Antwerp (Belgium); Spanish Netherlands
Description: Calisto hears Sosia shouting in the street, and he climbs the garden wall to see the cause of the commotion. By the time he reaches the top of the wall, Sosia has already scared off Centurio’s men. Nonetheless, Calisto starts to descend the ladder on the outside of the wall, but he falls to his death. In this illustration, Calisto can be seen lying lifeless on the ground. His hat has fallen off and is now in the bottom left corner of the illustration. Sosia and Tristan are trying to rouse him, but death has already taken hold. In the background, we can see a shield (to the left) and, leaning against the wall, the ladder that proved to be Calisto’s demise.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver); Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)
Type: StillImage; (Wood?) Engraving
Identifier: mta:18212
Source Name: Celestina, Een Tragicomedie van Calisto ende Melibea, inde welcke (buyten haren playsanten ende zoeten zin) staen veel profijtelijcke sententien oft spreecwoorden, ende veel nootzakelijcke waerschouwinghen, byzonder voor Jonghe-ghezellen, betoonende het groot bedroch vande Pluymstrijckers, van de ontrouwe Dienaers, ende voor al van de Koppelerssen en̄ lichte Vrouwē.
Parent Collection: 1580 Antwerp Heyndricz
Image: mta_18212_OBJ.jpg

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