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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…

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

Portrait of the procuress Celestina

Cover in watercolor of the Libro de Calixto y Melibea y la puta vieja Celestina("Book of Calixto and Melibea and the old whore Celestina")

The image shows a young woman sitting on a chair and a young man sitting in front of her and holding her hand. Next to the young woman appears an old woman with her head covered and with her hand on the young woman's shoulder. By the title of the…

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.

A young woman sitting in a room near a balcony. Around her, an old woman sitting on the right, a man sitting on the left, and a man standing on the left.

A man is accompanied by an old woman with a cane.

A young woman sitting under a tree, accompanied by an old woman on the left and several men on the left looking at her.

In the image appears an old woman with her head covered and a man dressed as a fray. The woman represents Celestina or a procuress.

Portrait of an old woman.

A young woman leaning out on a balcony and accompanied by an old woman.

Other title: Jeune femme au balcon

A man in a hood talks to an old woman.

A man kneeled down in front of two ruffians and two young girls (prostitutes perhaps). On the left, an old procuress.

Other title: En el garlito

Watercolor on paper of a costumbrista scene with three characters in the Celestinesque tradition

Maja and old woman

Young couple carousing while a boy pickpockets the man. An old woman behind the boy

Interior scene where four figures appear. A young woman seated to the right, an old woman with her head covered and a club next to the young woman, a man standing in front of the young woman, and a child lying on the ground next to the young woman.…

In the scene, a group of people, a horse, a dog and a man playing the guitar appear at the door of a tavern. In the crowd appears a young woman with a mantilla and next to her an old woman with a covered head that resembles a procuress.

A matchmaker and her pupil, who shows a leg, are surprised by a priest and a women that exit a house and are scandalized. Possible ironic reference to the priest that carries a little boy.

A young woman in the center of the drawing. On the left, an old woman looking at her, on the right a young man looking at her.

Probably an English or Dutch engraving.

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…

Original title: Junge Frau mit Krone und Kupplerin ("Young woman with crown and procuress").

In the image appears a young woman looking at the viewer and holding a crown. Beside her appears an old woman looking at the young woman and showing her a…

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…

Caricature in tribute to the actress Irene López Heredia, that appears in the theater critic of "La Celestina" represented in the Eslava Theater, Madrid, in ABC, Madrid, titled "Tribute to Irene López Heredia on the occasion of the hundred…

Caricature that appears in the theater critic of "La Celestina" adapted by Camilo José Cela and directed by José Tamayo in ABC, Madrid titled "A grand literary version of "La Celestina"" ("Una gran versión literaria de "La Celestina""), by…

Caricature that appears in thetheater critic of "La Celestina" adapted by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester and directed by Adolfo Marsillach inABC, Madrid titled "Another version of "La Celestina" at the National Dramatic Center" ("Otra versión de "La…

Original title: Liebespaar mit kupplerin ("Lovers with procuress").

Painting by author belinging to the Dutch School.

In the image three figures appear, a young couple where the man approaches the young woman while she moves away and an old…

French Art, second half of the 16th century.

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…

Scene from the Biblical story of the prodigal son

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…

The inside of a kitchen from Puebla, Mexico, in which an old woman acts as a matchmaker to seduce a "china."

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.

Other title: Loose Company

The image represents two young men, one of them being the prodigal son with a semi-naked young woman acting as a prostitute. She is also holding a violin. An old woman acting as the procuress appears in the background…

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

Fresco of a matchmaker negotiating with a soldier.

Description at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts:
"This is probably a portrait of a husband and wife dressed up as characters from a Dutch adaptation of La Gitanilla by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. The story tells of the romance between Don…

Original title: Portrait einer Kupplerin ("Portrait of a Matchmaker").

Contemporary matchmaker smiling in the foreground and brother scene in the background with prostitutes and a client

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

Original title: Bei der Kupplerin ("At the Matchmaker's House")

Nude young woman and matchmaker with only silhouette and one hand visible

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…

Original title: Due donne alla finestra ("Two women at the window").In the image there are two women at a window, a younger and an older one. The painting is probably inspired by the painting Two Women at a Window, by Murillo (1660, c.) even though…

Parece recorder a la serie de prositutas en el balcón de Goya, aunque parece falta la alcahueta vieja

Depiction of a brothel scene where a young woman is drinking, a young man looking at her and an old woman by his side. The old woman may be acting as a procuress for the young woman.

La presencia de la mujer vieja al lado de la joven y de un hombre es típico de escens con alcahueta, aunque aquí la situación no sea evidente

Original title: Koppelaarster ("At the Procuress").

Client and prostitute at the table. Matchmaker or servant in the background. Dog in foreground. Brother or tavern, Dutch school.

Note the old procuress in the background on the left

In the image three young women dressed in regional costumes appear in a park in the city of Seville (Spain). On the left are three young men looking at them. Behind the young women appears an old woman with her head covered reminiscent of Celestina…

Brothel scene. In the engraving the characters appear on a bed. A young woman sitting on the left, and a man lying on her lap. To the left appears an old woman who acts as a procuress. The young woman appears to be stealing from the young man's…

Image of three women of the sex trade in Venice, including two prostitutes and a procuress.

Other title: Prostituée bourgeoise, Noble prostituée vénitienne, Maquerelle vénitienne

The image represents the biblical scene of the Philistines taking Samson in Delila's house. Both characters appear naked only covered by a robe. Notice the maid that appears on the left near Delilah.The maid resembles the procuress inCaravaggio's…

Fragment of the left panel of the triptych The Temptations of Saint Anthony. Note that this fragment presents various female characters, like the woman crowned with an ecclesiastical hat or the one seen through the window and the one barely…

In the engraving, a couple appears in a room. The young woman is on the man's lap. On the right, an old woman, who acts as a procuress, makes the bed.

The painting portrays a room where six women appear: three of them are sitting in two chairs, the remaining three are standing. One of them is drinking and another one is sweeping. A man lying behind a chair appears in the background of the painting.

The painting shows a room with five young women, two men, an older woman and a child. They all appear around a bed, except for the child, which lies underneath the bed.

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…

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

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

Original title: Mönch mit Nonne und Kupplerin oder Martin Luther mit seiner Gefährtin Katharina von Bora ("Monk with Nun and Procuress or Martin Luther and his consort Katharina von Bora").

The painting represents a young man being kissed in the…

Emblem with motto in three languages:Latin: Sperne Voluptatem annalem ut retia vites, Quae certam noxam per niciema ereant. Lena, canes, pisces volucres Cupidia, porcus Quam multos multis implicuere modis.German (Original): Der wollust Netz vnd…

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

Woodcut based on the painting by Lallemand.

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

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…

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…