Commedia dell'arte

Form of theatre originating in Italy

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Images referencing Commedia dell'arte

17 images from works
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with several assistants, selling their wares to a small audience in Rome. Etching by W. Unger after D. Helmbreker.
  • Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.
  • The actor Guillot-Gorju in character as Scaramouche, in a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Coloured etching by A.E. Guillaumot, 1885, after J. Falck.
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching by J. Callot.
  • Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor in Rome. Oil painting after Karel Dujardin (?).
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching after J. Callot.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor in Rome. Oil painting after Karel Dujardin (?).
  • An itinerant medicine vendor in Rome. Oil painting after Karel Dujardin (?).
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers performing together. Etching by J. Callot.

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