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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.

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

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.

This drawing represents the Russian folk legend of Vasilissa, a young woman, and a witch. The original story does not contain any Celestinesque references. However, Vania Zouravliov's work introduces elements of the visual tradition of La Celestina.…

A couple in bed while an older woman acting as a procuress sits at the foot of the bed counting coins.

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

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

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 room with a table with a red tablecloth. On the left, a young woman near a man and next to her an old woman who seems to act like a procuress.

19th century engraving from a History of Prostitution, By P. L. Jacobs, 1885.

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

Probably an English or Dutch engraving.

A prostitute and her procuress in court, according to the museum's description.

Part of the series of the whims by Francisco de Goya. Etching and aquatint on paper.

A scene in the Hermitage of the Virgin of the Port. In the lower left corner of the table, there is a group of people acting similarly as characters inLa Celestina. A soldier dressed in red, with a young girl who seems to be flirting, while an old…

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

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…

Hidden behind the door, a procuress or old woman watches the interaction of the couple. We can assume that she is calculating the amount of money she can get out of the boy to obtain the girl's favors.

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.

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…

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.

Una pareja en escena privada, con una mujer vieja (alcahueta) mirandolos detrás de una cortina.

A young woman accompanied by an old woman and it seems that the latter acts as her procuress. A young man is on the left.

Other title: Galante Szene

Study of figures, rendered in black chalk, of a scene inside a brothel, with a well-dressed young man, and a young woman accompanied by an old woman who appears to be her procuress. Attributed to Frans Francken II (the Younger).

Other title:…

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

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…

Illustration of a French edition, by Ernest Bourdin, from the story One Thousand and One Nights, that tells of an encounter between a young woman and an old woman that acts as a procuress. (Les mille et une nuits: Contes arabes traduits par…

Illustration by Valdy, interpreted by Amparo Villegas for a Mexican edition of La Celestina by Alvaro Custodio. Young nude woman with a old woman of demonic appearance.

In Celestinesca, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 40

Engraving byJosé García Ramos,where an old woman can be seen in the middle of a street. In the foreground on the right there is a dog and in the background on the left a silhouette of a person wearing a hat.In Celestinesca, Vol. 26, No.…

Woodblock representation inspired by Goya's work: Maja y Celestina from 1824-25, featuring a procuress and her protégé.

Una escena durante la guerra entre Francia y España, trantando de cuestiones moralizantes de mantener la honra y morir de hambre, o vender el cuerpo y sobrevivir. Siguiendo el comentario del grabado del Museo del Prado, la mujer vieja que aparece…

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

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…

The moralizing title hides the fact that the man has no parental relationship with the girl. According to the Philadelphia Museum, a viewpoint of the time would understand very well that the subjects of the painting are a procuress, her protégé and a…

Una pareja sentados en una mesa con la chaperona o alcahueta vigilando la interacción.

Original title: "Mujeres de la vida"

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

Fragmento del cuadro. Nótese la mujer vieja detrás. La escena parece corresponder al modelo de "marrymaking" o reunión con música, comida y bebida en ambientes burdelarios, muy frecuente en la pintura holandesa de la época

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…

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)

Other title: Stocking

This fresco painting portrays a domestic scene. There is a couple in bed and a woman on the corner. The latter could either be their maid or the woman's procuress.

French Art, second half of the 16th century.

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

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…

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…

Also known as Mother Creswell and Madam Cresswell of Clerkenwell, she was one of the most famous and successful brothel prostitutes and regents in seventeenth-century England. Written below in French and Italian her profession of procuress: "" Une…

First, a young woman robs the purse of a young man whom she kisses. In the background, on the right, a celestinesque old woman with a musical instrument. Under an inscription in Latin: "Sic Hispana Venus loccas excantat loving. Sic fucata rapit basia…

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…

An engraving depicting events that occurred in central London

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

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

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

Pen, India ink and wash

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…

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…

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…

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…

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")