Commedia dell'Arte

	Commedia dell’Arte in the 16th and 17th centuries
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This webpage features images related to commedia dell’arte – masks, costumes, and performances. For more information on commedia dell’arte, see these links. See also Sixteenth Century Images of Commedia, Le grottesche di Palazzo Berla, and Early Paintings of the Commedia dell’ Arte in France, and The Commedia dell'Arte: Its Origins, Development & Influence on the Ballet. (Additional masks can be found on the masks linkspage.) There are some interesting 18th century Italian illustrations at Masks of the past. The Serenade of Pantalon, 16th century A scene from the commedia dell'arte played in France, possibly Ganassa’s company at the court of Charles IX, c. 1571-1572 A performance by I Gelosi, c. 1571-1604 A scene from a commedia, 16th century A troupe of Italian comedians in France, c. 1580 Illustration of three actors in roles from commedia dell'arte: Le Magnifico masque, Courtisane Venetiene masker, Le Zani serviteur; from Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium by Jean Jacques Boissard, 1581 A group of Italian comedians in France, c. 1580-1585 Il Capitan Cocodrillo / Harlequin deguiſé / La Donna Lucia, c. 1585 Scene from the Commedia dell'Arte, c. 1595-1605 Harlequin Disguised, c. 1600-1605 The Rich Man at the Table and Lazarus at the Door by Jacob Matham (after Sebastian Vrancx), 1606 A banquet in the countryside by Sebastiaan Vrancx Il Capitano, Pantalone, and Zani, by Jacques Caillot, 1618 Portrait of an actor holding a mask of Arlecchino by Domenico Fetti, c. 1620 Balli di Sfessania: Scapino & Cap. Zerbino; Razullo & Cucurucu; by Jacques Callot, 1621 Fritellino, Pulliciniello, and Scaramucia by Jacques Callot, c. 1622 Drawing of an actor portraying Pantalone by Rembrandt Zeus and Mercury at the dice-game, c. 1650-1675 A troupe of actors by Karel Dujardin, 1657 Il Dottore Scatalon in Ovid's Ars Amatoria, 17th century A company of Italian and French actors, 1670 Angelo Constantini as Mezzetino, Joseph Tortoriti as Scaramouche, Euariste Gherardi as Arlecchino, J. Mariette, late 17th century Tiberio Fiorelli (d. 1694) as Scaramouche Le triomphe d'Arlequin Jason, 1685 Scenes from a comedy in which Arlecchino among the Turks, 17th century The Royal Company of Italian comedians, 1689

Commedia dell’Arte in the 16th and 17th centuries

Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte

The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell'Arte: Actor Training, Improvisation, and the Poetics of Survival

The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia dell'Arte, 1560-1620, with Special Reference to the Visual Records

This webpage features images related to commedia dell’arte – masks, costumes, and performances. For more information on commedia dell’arte, see these links.

See also Sixteenth Century Images of Commedia, Le grottesche di Palazzo Berla, and Early Paintings of the Commedia dell’ Arte in France, and The Commedia dell'Arte: Its Origins, Development & Influence on the Ballet.

(Additional masks can be found on the masks linkspage.)

There are some interesting 18th century Italian illustrations at Masks of the past.

The Serenade of Pantalon, 16th century
A scene from the commedia dell'arte played in France, possibly Ganassa’s company at the court of Charles IX, c. 1571-1572
A performance by I Gelosi, c. 1571-1604
A scene from a commedia, 16th century
A troupe of Italian comedians in France, c. 1580
Illustration of three actors in roles from commedia dell'arte: Le Magnifico masque, Courtisane Venetiene masker, Le Zani serviteur; from Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium by Jean Jacques Boissard, 1581
A group of Italian comedians in France, c. 1580-1585
Il Capitan Cocodrillo / Harlequin deguiſé / La Donna Lucia, c. 1585
Scene from the Commedia dell'Arte, c. 1595-1605
Harlequin Disguised, c. 1600-1605
The Rich Man at the Table and Lazarus at the Door by Jacob Matham (after Sebastian Vrancx), 1606
A banquet in the countryside by Sebastiaan Vrancx
Il Capitano, Pantalone, and Zani, by Jacques Caillot, 1618
Portrait of an actor holding a mask of Arlecchino by Domenico Fetti, c. 1620
Balli di Sfessania: Scapino & Cap. Zerbino; Razullo & Cucurucu; by Jacques Callot, 1621
Fritellino, Pulliciniello, and Scaramucia by Jacques Callot, c. 1622
Drawing of an actor portraying Pantalone by Rembrandt
Zeus and Mercury at the dice-game, c. 1650-1675
A troupe of actors by Karel Dujardin, 1657
Il Dottore Scatalon in Ovid's Ars Amatoria, 17th century
A company of Italian and French actors, 1670
Angelo Constantini as Mezzetino, Joseph Tortoriti as Scaramouche, Euariste Gherardi as Arlecchino, J. Mariette, late 17th century
Tiberio Fiorelli (d. 1694) as Scaramouche
Le triomphe d'Arlequin Jason, 1685
Scenes from a comedy in which Arlecchino among the Turks, 17th century
The Royal Company of Italian comedians, 1689