Untitled drawing, by Canals (1898)

Untitled drawing, by Canals (1898)

Canals, Ricardo (1876-1931)

1898

Several women appear in the image: two women with hats, a woman without a hat on the right and an old woman on the top right corner that is reminiscent of Celestina. The description of Canals' work that appears in the article next to the image also seems to allude to the procuress:

"Como sagrado centro de la malsana visión, un arqueado punto rojo, marca la diminuta boca y entre los grupos de indolentes cigarreras rueda como grasienta bola humana, la secular tía fingida, pobre dueña ó Celestina."

("As the sacred center of the unhealthy vision, an arched red dot marks the tiny mouth and among the groups of indolent cigar makers it rolls like a greasy human ball, the feigned secular aunt, poor owner or Celestina." Translation to English).

Drawing.