Commedia Collection

Harlequin, Columbine
Harlequin and Columbine (with Pierrot disconsolate in the background)

Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century

United Kingdom. Stratford-Upon-Avon. Royal
Pulcinella, character from the Commedia dell Arte. Xylography

Poster by Ibels
Poster depicting entertainers - singers, commedia del arte

Gianduja / Sand / 1858
Gianduja/Sand/1858

Commedia dell arte Characters
Four Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters

Commedia dell arte Italian. 16th century. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Dante / Divine Comedy / Map
A map of Inferno to Dantes La Divina Commedia. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Christmas card, Pulcinella and Pierrot
Christmas card, A Very Merry Christmas, Pulcinella and Pierrot getting drunk. Date: mid 19th century

Divine Comedy. Fifth Canto of the Purgatory. Dante talks wit
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Dante talks with Pia dei Tolomei, one of the three people who died violently. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Music cover (detail), The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. circa 1849

Music cover, The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Including music for Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

Pickings from the Pantomimes, Judy magazine
Pickings from the Pantomimes, January 1882. 1882

Jacques Francois Laporte as Arlequin in Le
French actor Jacques Francois Laporte (1775-1841) as Arlequin in the folie-vaudeville one-act play Le Sultan du Havre by Armand d Artois and Henry Dupin at the Theatre Vaudeville, 1810

Poster, Pierrot and woman dancing
Theatre poster, Pierrot and woman dancing

CARLO GOLDONI / SIX PICS
CARLO GOLDONI Six scenes celebrating his reform of Italian comedy in the style of Moliere, thereby superseding the older style commedia dellarte Date: 1707 - 1793

DIVINA COMMEDIA / DANTE
Here the rocky precipice hurls forth redundant flames: angels are prevented from providing succour to the souls of the precipice. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Commedia Ballerina dancing
The Ballerina dances and plays her tambourine. Date: 1500

The Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil in Hell. Folio 25 r. 148
The Divine Comedy. Poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Miniature depicting Dante and Virgil in Hell. The meeting of Dante with Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante de Cavalcanti. Folio 25 r

Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross t
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas

Divine Comedy. The Eleventh Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. The Eleventh Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil in the tomb of Pope Anastasius. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Illustration, Columbine by Harry Clarke. circa 1920s

Pierrot and Harlequin, by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760). A scene from the Commedia dell Arte, in which Pierrot and Harlequin protect the honour of the doctors daughter

Scaramouche, character of the Commedia dell Arte

The Death of Pierrot by Aubrey Beardsley. Accompanying the illustration in The Savoy, volume 6, was this text: " As the dawn broke, Pierrot fell into his last sleep

Commedia delle arte - Harlequinade
Ancestors of the Harlequinade - characters of the old Italian comedy. Date: 1929

Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. 14th C. Engraving by Gusta
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) between 1308 and his death in 1321. Paradiso Canto III. Piccarda Donati and souls whose vows had been broken

The Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177
The Divine Comedy. Poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Miniature depicting Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177 r. 1480-1482. Painted by Guglielmo Giraldi (active 1445-1490)

Divine Comedy. Paradise. XXI Canto. Dante ascends with Beatr
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Paradise. XXI Canto. Dante ascends with Beatrice to the seventh heaven

Divine Comedy. Paradise. Eight Canto. Charles Martel address
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Paradise. Eight Canto. Charles Martel addresses Dante and Beatrice. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Divine Comedy. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil befor
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil before the opprobrium of Crete. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Stealing Pantalones food on a Christmas and New Year card
Harlequin and Columbine stealing Pantalones food and drink on a Christmas and New Year card (they are passing it through the windows to a Clown on the other side). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Guitarist, by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760). A young woman plays a guitar, accompanied by two Harlequins, possibly a scene from the Commedia dell Arte

Commedia Del arte Silvia
Date: 1716

French Theatre / Beronte
Beronte ( receleur ) A character from L Intrigue des Filous by Claude de Lestoille. Date: 1689

Punchinello
enjoying a little snack

Peppe-Nappa

Com. Dell arte Trivelino
Trivelino, playing the mandolin

Harlequin / Eller
Thomas Eller as Harlequin

The Roman Pulcinella of the Piazza Navona. The commedia dell arte character is shown in five scenes: winning the lottery, reconciling with his enemy, drinking wine, reading up on politics

Misfitz Dolls - Pierrot. Date: early 20th century

Divine Comedy. Sixteenth Canto of the Purgatory. Who are you
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Sixteenth Canto of the Purgatory. Who are you that you are among our smoke?. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Divine Comedy. Thirtieth Canto of the Purgatory. Appearance
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Thirtieth Canto of the Purgatory. Appearance of Beatrice. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Italian poet. Engraving by Pannemaker. Coloured

Disraeli / Reform 1859
The Last Pantomime of the Season Disraelis Reform Bill is rejected at the last minute, to the delight of MPs Bright, Russell and Palmerston. Date: 19 March 1859

French Theatre / La Roze
La Roze ( soldat ) A character from La Comedie de Chansons - Anon. Date: 1640

Carlo Goldoni / Symonds
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere, thereby superseding the older style commedia dell arte Date: 1707 - 1793

The Pierrot of the Minute by Aubrey Beardsley
A pierrot in a garden by Aubrey Beardsley, illustrating Ernest Dowsons one-act verse play The Pierrot of the Minute. Date: 1897

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