Medal from the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, by Manuel Prieto (1957)

Medal from the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, by Manuel Prieto (1957).
Medal from the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, by Manuel Prieto (1957).
Medal from the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, by Manuel Prieto (1957).

Title

Medal from the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, by Manuel Prieto (1957)

Creator

Prieto, Manuel

Date

1957

Description

Medal in bronze. On the obverse side there is the image of a naked young woman with a snake. On the reverse side,   a rope with two knots and the words: "an old bearded woman known as Celestina, who is a astute sorceress, expert in all kind of evil .... Fernando de Rojas."

This medal is part of the series Literary characters (see a similar medal inspired by the character of the Trotaconventos  by the same artist in

http://fundacionmanoloprieto.org/index.htm)

Relation

Book  "Zeitgenössis che Medaillen", publicado en Viena (Austria). Pag.  49 (Medals "Don Juan Tenorio", "Celestina", "Segismundo"), 1959

Revista de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de estudios numismáticos "Numisma", nº 36, Enero-Feb. Una creación literaria española en la medalla", de V. Sánchez Marín. Pags. 27-29 (Medalla "La celestina") 1959

Catalog of the  Exhibit "La Medaille Espagnole Actuelle",  Paris pgs 5, 234 a 247 (Medals "Trotaconventos", La Celestina", "Pedro crespo", "Segismundo", "El estudiante de Salamanca", "Don Juan Tenorio", Colections "Tauromaquia", "Velázquez", "Concilio Ecuménico Vaticano II") 1964

Catalog of the  "Esposizione della Medaglia Francese, Italiana e Spagnola", celebrada en Roma (Italia). Páginas 2448 a 2471. (Medallas "Trotaconventos", La Celestina", "Pedro crespo", "Segismundo", "El estudiante de Salamanca", "Don Juan Tenorio", Colección de "Tauromaquia", "Velázquez", "Concilio Ecuménico Vaticano II") 1968

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