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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

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

Woodcut based on the painting by Lallemand.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Portrait of a woman with red hair combing her hair.

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

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

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: "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…

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…

The Fortune Teller displays the exaggerated tenebrism (contrasting light and shadow) that was initiated by Caravaggio. Symbolic elements such as the mirror that the young man on the left is holding suggests vanity, while the garlic on his head may…

Original title: Der Narrenkäfig ("The Fools' Cage").

A matchmaker has locked a group of fools in a cage. Among other words in German, she says: "When I was young, I was a whore/Now I am a matchmaker and I need this shipment" and other words…

A young woman covers her torso with a fan while smiling and looking to the left. On the left, an old woman smiling looking in the same direction as the young woman.

Painting of the Classic Period.

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.…

The image shows five figures; in the center, an old woman with her head covered following the celestinesque tradition, on the right a young couple, and on the left two women with habits. The trio can represent the typical triangle of prostitute,…

A man in a hood talks to an old woman.

Two lovers in a local brothel with late 19th century set. In the background one can see Celestina, the old procuress who accentuates the scene with her inquisitive gaze. SignedP. Ruiz Picasso-in the bottom right-hand corner.Contribution of the…

Although a Celestina does not appear in the painting, its composition resembles the prototype that Goya started with his majas on the balcony accompanied by their procuress. This is due to her position on the balcony and the presence of an older…

Original title: La Concierge (La Maquerelle - La Bonne) ("The Concierge (The procuress - The housemaid)").

In the image appears an old woman with her head covered. From the title it is understood that she is a procuress.

A young woman in the center of the painting. To his left, an old woman holding his hand. There are musicians around him and a girl on the right with a dog.

Original title: il concerto (Italian)

Scene of music and a banquet, a subject of which this painter has several paintings. Note the old woman on the right and the wine.

Original title: Die Bevollmächtigte ("The commissioner"), y Plénipotentiaire ("Plenipotentiary").

Two women appear in the image, a young woman and an old woman. The young woman is with her breasts uncovered and the old woman is fully dressed and…

Three figures appear in the painting: in the center, a young woman with a black mantilla looking at the viewer, to the right appears another woman with flowers on her head, holding a fan and looking at the young woman. Finally, an old woman with her…

In the image there is a figure seated in a chair with a fan with her back to the viewer. By the silhouette it is understood that she is an old woman with her head covered following the Celestinesque tradition, and that therefore the drawing…

The subject of the greedy or usurer old woman is indirectly related to the subject of the procuress, since it uses the same physical prototype.See painting:Vieja usurera, de Ribera (1638).Here the presence of a second character evokes Parmeno's…

Notice that the devil takes the form of a procuress to tempt Saint Anthony, offering him a young woman. There are other version by Teniers or his followers of the same scene, as the one at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, and others.

The images are pages from the book Tales of a Parrot ("Tuti-nama"), a series of folktales of Persian origin written by Shravana in 1560, c. in Mughal India, court of Akbar. The first image is from the seventeenth night titled "The old procuress…

"Honthorst's genre pictures of light-hearted gatherings had a great impact in Utrecht. He made such pictures while he was still in Italy. His Supper Party, painted during his last months in Italy, set a precedent for similar scenes done in the 1620s…

A woman and a man in the center of a room. The woman points to the bed while he has his hand on her waist. There is another woman at the door.

A young couple sit outside. The young man takes the young woman's hand as he puts his hand to his heart. At the door of the house, an old woman looks at them.

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.

Ink drawing on paper, 24,5 x 32 cmRich man talks to a procuress while a naked young woman covers her face

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)

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.

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…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the left holding the candle in the scene. The maid resembles the procuress in Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes(1598, c.)

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. However, in this representation of the scene,Delilah is not cutting Samson's hair, he is being taken by soldiers with ropes whileSamson and Delilahreach out for each…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of thePhilistines approachingSamson'sto cut off his hair while he lies onDelilah's lap. Note the maid who appears on the right near Delilah. The maid resembles the procuress inCaravaggio's Judith…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, except in this picture, it is a servant cutting Samson's hair while he lies on Delilah's lap. Note the maid who appears on the left near Delilah. The maid resembles…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the right besides Delilah. The maid resembles the procuress inCaravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes(1598, c.)

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, except in this picture, it is a servant cutting Samson's hair while he lies on Delilah's lap. Note the maid who appears on the left holding the candle in the scene.…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair, except in this picture, it is a servant cutting Samson's hair while he lies on Delilah's lap. Note the maid who appears on the right holding the candle in the scene.…

This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. In this representation of the scene, Samson lies on her lap while soldiers approach them. Note the maid who appears on the left nearDelilahin the scene. The maid…

Original title:Sansone e Dalila ("Samson and Delilah").This painting portrays the famous biblical scene of Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Note the maid who appears on the right holdingDelilah's hand. The maid resembles the procuress inCaravaggio's…

This image represents the biblical scene where Salome receives the severed head of Saint John the Baptist. Other people are represented in the painting, such as another young woman next to Salome, an elder woman holding the head and on the left a…

Brothel scene. A young man on the lap of a young woman, while another young woman hands an object to an elderly woman. The old woman acts as a procuress for the young women. A couple of men in the background playing music instruments.

In the image several figures appear in an arched courtyard walking in a row to the left. To the far left is a boy with a dog. Behind him appears a young woman and an old woman next to her. The old woman has her head covered and a rosary in her hand.…

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

This painting depicts the biblical story of the prodigal son in the house of prostitutes. The prodigal son appears in a bedroom with a young woman. The young woman hands over some jewellery to an older woman, who acts as a procuress.

In the image appears a young man looking at the viewer and a woman looking at him. From the title of the work it can be inferred that the woman represents a procuress.

Two women are represented in the painting: a young and an old woman looking to the left.

Man showing a jewel to a young woman, who looks at the procuress behind her taking a bag of money. Banquet scene in the background.

Other title: Kuppeleiszene

Manuscript illustration for the chapter on lust. See explanation in German in attached file.

Pen, India ink and wash

Original title: Kupplerin und Mädchen ("Procuress and girl").

The image shows a young woman next to an old one with her head covered. From the title of the work, it is understood that the old woman acts as the young woman's procuress.

Among many other engraving, this Dutch engraver printed a book with portraits of famosu courtisans and bawds. 'Miroir des plus belles courtisans de ce temps¨. Spigel der alderschoonste courtisanen deses tyts,

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 man is accompanied by an old woman with a cane.

Description by the author for the online exhibition held in 2012 in the Spanish gallery Plastiké Art Gallery, where the drawing was exhibited: "The painting represents a brothel where a variety of characters meet, drawn by business or…

Representation of the prodigal son parable in the house of the prostitutes. Notice the old woman or procuress on the right side of the painting as the prodigal son is driven out of the house. Notice the caged parrot on the door (second image…

Genre painting by Flemish author, based on the parable of the prodigal son (merry company). Note the old woman in the foreground, who, Judas-like, reaches for the bread.

Other titles: The Prodigal Son, De Verloren Zoon

Original title: "Mujeres de la vida"

A group of young women, supposedly prostitutes, and behind them an older woman, that could be their procuress.

In the image three figures appear on a balcony: two young women, one sitting with a fan and another resting on the first, and behind them appears an old woman looking at them. The image reminds us of the famous painting Young Woman and Celestina on…

Portrait of an old woman.

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.

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

A cartoon in the periodical The Mascot of the infamous New Orleans brothel regent Emma Johnson as an octopus that captures the innocent passers-by. Below written in English "lewd and abandoned" (lustful and abandoned). Although there is no direct…

A young woman sits with a book in her hands. Two musicians around her play the harp and the double bass. Behind the young woman, an old woman.

Original title: Musicerend gezelschap

Retrato de mujer en estilo expresionista

A young woman in the center of the work with a fan. On the right an old woman. On the left two young men, one of them looking at the young woman.

Description of painting by the Art Institute of Chicago: "Mère Grégoire is a character from a popular song written in 1820 by French lyricist Pierre Jean Béranger. As described by Béranger, she was the portly proprietress…

The engraving unites in a single image the suggestion of consubstantial death to the covered old woman generally depicted in the background of many paintings and that Goya knows how to use in his pair of maja and procuress.

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…

This painting represents a scene where young women appear playing instruments, and a young man is looking at one of the young women while holding a drink and a violin. To the right, there is an old woman, who could act as a procuress for the young…

Scene inspired by the tradition of the prodigal son. Caravaggio influences. "Honthorst's genre painting relates to the subject portrayed by his fellow Utrecht Caravaggisti. It depicts a provocative scene of a wanton student (the prodigal son?) in the…

The image shows an outdoor scene where young men and women appear around a table on a terrace. Note the old woman who appears in the center with her head covered following the Celestinesque tradition, which may act as the procuress of the young…

The image represents an outdoor scene where young men and women appear on a terrace. Two of the men play musical instruments. Note the old woman who appears in the window on the right looking at the scene with her head covered, following the…

From the series La Celestina (2008, c.)