Italian Comedy Collection

A for Alsatian and Harlequin, around 1920 (print)
8600164 A for Alsatian and Harlequin, around 1920 (print) by French School, (20th century); 31x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Alphabet du bal costume", Hachette, publisher)

Commedia Italiana (colour litho)
7201881 Commedia Italiana (colour litho) by Gumery, Adolphe Ernest (1861-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commedia Italiana)

French comedy theatre in 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving)
8766915 French comedy theatre in 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: French comedy theatre in 16th and 17th century, before Moliere)

Pierrot and Pierrette (colour litho)
8656902 Pierrot and Pierrette (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot and Pierrette. Two's company, three's none)

Lady Archibald Campbell as "Pierrot" (b/w photo)
8638909 Lady Archibald Campbell as "Pierrot" (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634497 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Redoute / Redoubt (colour litho)
8666240 Redoute / Redoubt (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Redoute)

Letter K L N: Korrigan, Kakatoes recalcitrant and Au clair de la lune, Nanterre Fire Department
DUV4204117 Letter K L N: Korrigan, Kakatoes recalcitrant and Au clair de la lune, Nanterre Fire Department, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214881 Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter L: Pierrot singing in the moonlight sitting on the roof of a house, beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204121 Letter L: Pierrot singing in the moonlight sitting on the roof of a house, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me (colour litho)
8656503 I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I care for nobody, no not I)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670074 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

French dancer and courtesan working in famous parisian cabaret Folies Bergeres by late 19th century
1711427 French dancer and courtesan working in famous parisian cabaret Folies Bergeres by late 19th century by Nadar (1840-1930) (studio of); (add.info)

Letter A, B, C and D: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte), Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot)
DUV4204025 Letter A, B, C and D: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte), Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), Cadet Roussel (Guillaume Rousselle, 1743-1807) and Le Roi Dagobert (Dagobert I, ca)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670888 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634495 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Figures from Children's Books: Harlequin (colour litho)
8646628 Figures from Children's Books: Harlequin (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harlequin)

Pierrot in Criminal Court, c.1864-70 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5879730 Pierrot in Criminal Court, c.1864-70 (oil on wood panel) by Couture, Thomas (1815-79); 45.8x52.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

The french comedy theatre in the 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving)
8766917 The french comedy theatre in the 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The french comedy theatre in the 16th and 17th century, before Molire)

Cover from a collection of French nursery rhymes, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4833767 Cover from a collection of French nursery rhymes, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover from a collection of french nursery rhymes (folk song) with characters

Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214875 Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter A and B: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte) and Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204031 Letter A and B: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte) and Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho)
8672607 The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho) by Bull, Rene (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The sad end of Harlequin the painter)

In the Moonlight, (song), c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790227 In the Moonlight, (song), c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: illustration for song "Au Clair de la Lune" (in the moonlight), early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

The french theatre comedy in 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving)
8766913 The french theatre comedy in 16th and 17th century, 1873 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The french theatre comedy in 16th and 17th century)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220444 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Keynotes series, c.1895 (poster)
3434558 Keynotes series, c.1895 (poster); (add.info.: Litterature. Literature. Keynotes series, published by editor John Lane, England. Poster, USA, ca 1895.); Photo © CCI.

Letter A: Harlequin. Commedia dell'arte. Harlequin with a mask and a suit holds a rabbit behind his back
DUV4204016 Letter A: Harlequin. Commedia dell'arte. Harlequin with a mask and a suit holds a rabbit behind his back, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634499 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634500 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634498 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Pierrot (b/w photo)
8634496 Pierrot (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot. One of a set of six postcards, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670072 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669854 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho)
8672562 The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho) by Bull, Rene (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The sad end of Harlequin the painter)

Comédiens dans un parc, ca 1719. Creator: Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (1686-1755)
Comediens dans un parc, ca 1719. Private Collection

Scene de Carnaval (pen and black ink & w/c)
XOS5884175 Scene de Carnaval (pen and black ink & w/c) by Debucourt, Philibert Louis (1755-1832); 30.6x44.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Drawing by Philibert Louis Debucourt)

Mardi-Gras, Boulevard des Italiens, 1831 (w/c, ink and pencil)
XIR173483 Mardi-Gras, Boulevard des Italiens, 1831 (w/c, ink and pencil) by Opitz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; (add.info.: By Georg Optiz)

O for Orientale and Carnation - P for Polichinelle and Papillon - Q for Quimperlois and Quimperloise
8600181 O for Orientale and Carnation - P for Polichinelle and Papillon - Q for Quimperlois and Quimperloise, around 1920 (print) by French School

Punchinellos feasting, 1785-86 (chalk, pen & ink, & wash on paper)
8330791 Punchinellos feasting, 1785-86 (chalk, pen & ink, & wash on paper) by Tiepolo, Giandomenico (Giovanni Domenico) (1727-1804); 34.6 x 46.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Fairground, 1834 (oil on canvas)
904943 Fairground, 1834 (oil on canvas) by Maignen de Sainte-Marie, Desire Adelaide Charles (1794-1834); 65x81 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Spirit of Burlesque, 1868 (print)
3672806 Spirit of Burlesque, 1868 (print) by American School, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info)

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Don Juan and the commander: The banquet (w/c)
885784 Don Juan and the commander: The banquet (w/c) by Bison, Giuseppe Bernardino (1762-1844); Museo Civico Revoltella, Trieste, Italy; (add.info.: A legendary)

Punchinello carried off by an eagle (chalk, pen & ink, & wash on paper)
7393824 Punchinello carried off by an eagle (chalk, pen & ink, & wash on paper) by Tiepolo, Giandomenico (Giovanni Domenico) (1727-1804); 34.8x46.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Arlequin, 1925 (oil on canvas)
7390028 Arlequin, 1925 (oil on canvas) by Gris, Juan (1887-1927); 92 x 65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painted in January-July 1925); Photo © Christie's Images

Maccheroni Pianigiani, 1922 (poster)
FGL5485256 Maccheroni Pianigiani, 1922 (poster) by Mauzan, Luciano Achille (1883-1952); (add.info.: Advertising poster by Achille Mauzan Pulcinella (Polichinelle)

Arlequin and Leandre drink and sing while mocking Pierrot (verse 8), 1880 (engraving)
7312473 Arlequin and Leandre drink and sing while mocking Pierrot (verse 8), 1880 (engraving) by Froelich, Lorentz (1820-1908); 27, 5x18

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Italian comedy has always been a vibrant and lively art form, capturing the essence of the Spirit of Burlesque since its inception in 1868. From Don Juan and the commander's uproarious banquet depicted in a captivating watercolor to Punchinello being carried off by an eagle, Italian comedy never fails to surprise and entertain. The iconic figure of Arlequin takes center stage in many comedic masterpieces, such as the enchanting oil painting from 1925 that showcases his mischievous charm. In Maccheroni Pianigiani's poster from 1922, we catch a glimpse of the delightful chaos that awaits us within this world of laughter. In one engraving from 1880, Arlequin and Leandre can be seen joyfully drinking and singing while playfully mocking Pierrot. Meanwhile, another engraving portrays Pierrot's reluctance to share a delicious roasted partridge with Arlequin. The comical exchanges continue as Arlequin seeks shelter with a basket in his arm or brings along paste and wine for their escapades. Leandre even offers Harlequin a handkerchief to treat his sick nose, adding yet another layer of hilarity to their antics. And amidst it all, poor Pierrot laments about his fate - missing out on indulging in delectable partridge or pasta. An art form that transcends time; it tickles our funny bones while shedding light on human follies and absurdities. It reminds us not to take life too seriously but instead embrace laughter as medicine for our souls. So let us immerse ourselves in this rich tradition where wit meets slapstick humor, leaving us grinning from ear to ear at every turn.