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In the image two figures appear, a young woman and an old woman, in an arch surrounded by fruits and vegetables. The old woman appears with her head covered and pointing to one of the vegetables for the young woman. Although the painting itself may…

Notice the old woman in the corner at the back of the picture.

Full title/ Other titles: Le harem, Nus roses, Figures roses

Grabdo inglés cuyo título completo es "The Harlot´s Nurse or Modern Procuress". Incluye 8 líneas en verso: "Behold the practis'd Baud explore, / The Nymph from head to foot all O'er, / For Cupers whom shes dress'd w'th Care, / (A bait to Catch some…

Mixed method in mural transferred to canvas.
This painting is on display at the Prado Museum, in the "Black Paintings" collection, the description of the painting provided by the museum in the exhibition describes the women drawn as "dressed in the…

Staging of the houses from the movie by Ardavín.
In the first image, Celestina's house stands out and so does Calisto's in the inferior part.
On the second page, you can see Melibea's (Elisa Ramírez) mansion's garden in which she meets Calisto…

A procuress (Kupplerin) shelters between her legs a young woman who had attracted several men. Several characters speak, among them the old procuress with a hunting device and an owl

Other title: Die Eulenbeize

Original title: "Ongelijk paar" ("Unequal couple" or "The Ill-matched Pair").

In the painting, a young woman is seen in the arms of an old man, while another woman on the right acts as maid. On the left is an old woman looking at the couple, who…

Original title: La Foire aux amours ("The love fair").Two figures appear in the engraving: a naked young woman on top of a cage and an old woman to her side with her head covered, reminiscent of a Celestina. The figures could be interpreted as a…

Original title: Le billet doux ("The Love Letter").

A young woman in between matchmaker with a letter and a man that solicits her services.

Portrait of a woman with red hair combing her hair.

Goya-type model of a maja on the balcony with a procuress behind. A young woman looks out on a balcony and on the left, an old woman that acts as her procuress.

Original title: Die Kupplerin (I, II) ("The Matchmaker I and II")

Matchmaker showing her pupil and rejoicing

Original title: De koppelaarster ("The Matchmaker").

Client between prostitute and matchmaker, with a coin in hand. Dutch school. Painting by Bordeeltjes or brothel scenes. There are at least three different versions of this painting.

Original title: De koppelaarster ("The Matchmaker").

Nude prostitute with client and matchmaker. Brother or Dutch school tavern scene

Original title: Die Kupplerin ("The Matchmaker").

Woodcut based on the painting by Lallemand.

Triangle between matchmaker, young woman, and man, plus another character.

Brother scene with the triangle of the matchmaker, young woman and client. The young woman has a lute and the matchmaker points her finger.

Original title: De koppelaarster

A client is distracted by a prostitute while a matchmaker hands a bag of money to a servant. In the tradition of the fools of Narrenschiff, a fool with a hood in the window identifies the client as such. Legend in German "Lug auf es wirklich macht"…

The image depicts two women standing in a line with their chemises lifted. On the background on the right, one can see the procuress who has her back towards the viewer.

Original title:Les musicien("The musicians"). In the image there are two young women and two men playing instruments. To the right appears an old woman bent over with her head covered following the Celestinesque tradition. The old woman can act as a…

An illustration made for a book by Marcel Proust À la recherche du temps perdu, published in 1945 by Librairie Gallimard, Paris. Appears to be out of print but is listed on theMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United…

Original title: La vielle maquerelle ("The old procuress").

In the image appears an old woman with a hat and umbrella looking at a skull that appears floating in front of her. By the title it is understood that the woman is a procuress.

Old lady and young woman, Pre Raphaelite style, several possible interpreations.

Other titles: Sigh No More, Ladies, Juliet and her Nurse

Old lady and young woman, Pre Raphaelite style, several possible interpreations.

Other titles: Sigh No More, Ladies, Juliet and her Nurse

Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 82 cm. (25.8 x 32.3 in.)

Goyesque scen of a maja and a celestina, and a religious procession in the background

In the image, a young man appears grabbing a young woman by the waist and trying to kiss her, while the young woman seems to move away. Behind the couple appears an old woman with her head covered looking at the young woman. The old woman acts as a…

A young woman appears in the centre of the painting looking to the right at an older woman who is holding a hand fan. To the left of the young woman, there is a young man covering his body and partly his face.

Engraving depicting a procuress on a donkey, whipped while wearing a crest. An inscription in Italian reads: The procuress whipped while wearing a crest on her head, Bologna, June 1696.

Anonymous author, attributed to the Dutch School of the early 17th century.On the mount there is an old attribution in black chalk that reads "Jan Boucchorst". (see Sotheby's…

In the image appears a young couple in the foreground. Next to the young woman appears an old woman with her head covered looking at them. Several men also appear surrounding the couple. By the title it is understood that the old woman acts as a…

In the image there is a young woman in the center, a man looking at her from her side holding a bag with what is probably money inside and an old woman on the right with her head covered. The old woman whispers something to the young woman as she…

Indoor scene. In the image appears a seated man holding a glass, a young woman sitting on his lap with her chest uncovered and an old woman who appears in the background with her head covered and looking at the couple. The old woman acts as a…

In the image appears a young woman touching her breast while an old woman with her head covered looks at her. The old woman acts as a procuress for the young woman.

Indoor scene. The image shows a young woman seated, an old woman behind the young woman and a man leaning out of the door. The characters are reminiscent of a brothel scene, where the old woman acts as the young woman's procuress.

In the image appears a young woman on a balcony. Behind the young woman a man appears looking at her and to her left an old woman with her head covered holding her hand. Two other men appear in the image, one with his back to the viewer and the other…

In the image appear a couple of women with her torsos naked. A man appears in front of them and looking at them. A couple of men appear to the right also looking at the women.

In the image appears a young woman and a man holding her. Both are about to enter a house where an old woman is looking at them. On the left are two men looking at the couple. By the name of the painting it is understood that the old woman acts as a…

Several figures appear in the image. To the right is a figure of an old woman in a crouched over position, which may represent the procuress described in the title.

In the image appears an old woman and a young woman next to a tree. The old woman appears with her head covered and a club. On the right is a man. By the title of the work it is understood that the old woman acts as a procuress for the young woman…

Indoor scene. In the image a young woman appears in the center looking at the viewer. An old woman with her head covered appears to her right and takes her by the arm. A man sitting to her left looking at the young woman. The old woman acts as a…

Original Italian statue titled La ruffiana.

An older woman is sitting in the centre of the picture. A younger woman is sitting on the older woman's lap. A doll appears lying on the older woman's left knee.

Other title: Die Kupplerin

Dutch art. Tradition of brothel painting representing a client paying a procuress while a woman lies on a bed.

Original title:Wolkenstein-Mappe, Die Kupplerin("Wolkenstein portfolio, The Procuress").In the image, three figures appear talking seated. Two of them have human bodies and animal heads. They both face the third figure who is an old woman with her…

The picture shows a young couple, the young woman playing an instrument while the young man looks her in the eye. To the right, there is an old woman who acts as a procuress.

In the painting there is a young woman on the right, holding some coins, an old woman who acts as a procuress and a man on the left with a bag in his hand. The old woman is grabbing the man's hair, who appears screaming. The image seems to suggest…

Original title: De koppelaarster ("The Procuress").

A prostitute, her matchmaker, and two clients. Brothel or school Dutch school scene.

This painting depicts the biblical story of the prodigal son in the house of prostitutes. In the painting, young women are mingling with men around a table. An old woman, acting as a procuress appears on the right.

Original title: L'enfant prodigue chez les courtisanes ("The prodigal son among courtesans")

This painting depicts the biblical story of the prodigal son in the house of the prostitutes. It is a banquet scene with young women and their clients.…

A scene from the parable of the prodigal son, to the right on the background an old woman sits with a device that resembles an abacus, by this object, she is portrayed as a procuress calculating the money she will earn.

Other title: Der Verlorene…

Original title: "L'Enfant prodigue chez les courtisanes" ("The prodigal son among the courtesans").

This painting represents the biblical story of the prodigal son in the house of the prostitutes. This story is represented as a banquet scene with…

The images represent the biblical parable of the prodigal son. In both images appears a figure that represents a procuress. In the first image, the old woman with her head covered that appears on the right, can be interpreted as the prostitutes'…

The prodigal son driven out of the house of the prostitutes. It is an engraving in a series of five. Notice the procuress on the stairs, the only engraving portraying a procuress in the series. This engraving influenced Murillo's painting of the same…

On the left, in the shadows, a character of Celestinesque descent.See TAGGARD, MINDY NANCARROW. “A Source for the Interpretation of Murillo’s ‘Parable of the Prodigal Son’: The Golden Age Stage.” RACAR: Revue d’art Canadienne / Canadian Art Review,…

The engraving shows a brothel scene where a young woman is found holding the chin of a young man as if seducing him. To the young woman's right sits an old woman, acting as procuress, and drinking from a glass of wine while a young man hands her a…

In a room, a young man is sitting and holding a young woman's hand. Between these two characters, an old woman acts as procuress by introducing the young woman to the man.

Other title: The Prodigal Son takes leave of his Father.

Scene from the Biblical story of the prodigal son

Scene containing typical themes from procuress and celestine themes. An old woman, resembling a procuress, encourages couples at the table, while giving instructions to a young boy who seems to be helping her.

Other title: Der verlorene Sohn

Dinner scene with prostitutes inspired by the biblical story of the prodigal son, a common theme in Dutch painting of the time. Compared with pictures by Murillo on the same theme, which do not present these scenes but rather the reconciliation.

This painting represents the biblical scene of the prodigal son in the prostitutes' house. Note the older woman on the left that acts as the procuress of the younger women.

Original title: De verloren zoon verkwist zijn geld ("The prodigal wasting his money").

This engraving represents the parable of the prodigal son in the house of prostitutes. Young women are shown playing musical instruments around a table. Note…

In the picture appears a young woman in the hands of a young man playing a flute. On the right, an old man and an old woman acting as her procuress. Description from Christie's webpage: "The other motive of this painting, that of the Procuress, the…

Oil on canvas. A gypsy man and woman quarrel while an old woman is sitting next to them. The old woman is not normally seen as a procuress, but it is possible to see her as such

Probably an English or Dutch engraving.

Original title: Conseil de révision ("The review board").From the series of Hundred Light Sketches (1878-1881).In the picture there are four women in a room. Three of the women are young and are depicted naked, one of them is lying on the bed.…

A young woman sits on a man's lap. An old procuress stands behind the young woman while holding a glass.

Allegorical painting that complements another titled Grace. The old ladies in the second term, one holding a mirror and the other an apple, are clearly tempting types of procuresses.

Note the old procuress in the background on the left

Original title: Der Krieger und die Kupplerin ("The Soldier and the Procuress")

Fresco of a matchmaker negotiating with a soldier.

An engraving depicting events that occurred in central London

According to the museum's description, a procuress tries to recruit a poor girl by promising her a life of luxury. Meanwhile, a potential client waits at the door.

Other title: Искушение

Table representing the temptations of Saint Anthony Abad. In the painting San Antonio appears surrounded by three young women tempting the saint and an old woman. The old woman appears with her breasts exposed and can act as a procuress for the young…

A series of drawings of a matchmaker showing her protegée. They seem to be drafts for a statue (see).

Other title: Das Opfer - Die Kupplerin

A drawing done by the DeviantArt user KermitTX. Inspired by the Michael Sweerts painting "The young man and the procuress."

Another engraving by Goya based on the social effects of the war between France and Spain. An interpretation of the Prado Museum names the characters as a young prostitute, alasciviousman, and a celestinesque old woman. This is an interpretation of…

Celestina's arrival to Calisto's house accompanied by Sempronio. Pármeno opens the door and Calisto waits upstairs.

La Celestina (Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea) Barcelona, Ediciones Marte, 1968. Illustrations by F. Ezquerro. Page 21.

Colour image of Melibea with the falcon. Underneath can be read: "De cuyo amor preso comenzóle de hablar" ("About whose imprisoned love he began to speak to him about").

Illustration that corresponds to the episode where Celestina brings Sempronio to her house so he can have sexual relations with Elicia and another client hidden in the background.

Celestina and Sempronio.

Calisto leaves on horseback. Pármeno can be seen behind.

Illustration of Celestina's spell when she calls upon the devil to help her with tricking Melibea with the string.

La Celestina (Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea) Barcelona, Ediciones Marte, 1968. Illustrations by F. Ezquerro.

Celestina takes the string to Melibea's house. Melibea is inside embroidering with Lucrecia.

La Celestina (Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea) Barcelona, Ediciones Marte, 1968. Illustrations by F. Ezquerro.