Illustration of act XIII of the Salamanca edition (1540)

Illustration of act XIII of the Salamanca edition (1540)

Pedro de Castro and anonymous illustrator

1540

Pármeno and Sempronio's execution scene. One of them is already executed by beheading and the other has his hand raised. Next to them are the executioner and two characters, one is armed. The post in the middle of the image divides it in two and has two straps hanging. In the right margin are a man and a woman who witness the scene. While the man points to the scene, the woman with a stick looks. At the far end at the right a man with his hands raised as though surprised (Sosia?) and a soldier. The most notable element of the scene is the inclusion of the woman with cane, which logically cannot be Celestina but her age seems to suggest that it is her.