R1,000 - R1,200
A VENETIAN ARLECCHINO/HARLEQUIN MASK
Most popular of comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell’Arte, Arlecchino traditionally wore an outfit of patches and rags, which evolved into the multi-coloured diamond pattern of red, green and blue, seen today, the primary aspect was his acrobatic agility and his character was generally depicted as quite stupid and greedy (in the food sense). He often showed a love interest in the servant girl Columbina; his lust for her only superseded by his desire for food or fear of his master
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