Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Puppets: Italy: Gallery 1

Item Information

Arlecchino marionette

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Title

Arlecchino marionette

Description

Commedia dell'arte marionette: string jigging puppet. Full mask; white collar; buff shoes; red belt (same as 11.2 save for belt color)
This set possibly France rather than Italy
Conservation assessment: Stable

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: P11.01
Box: 20

Coverage

Italy

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Purchased by Brander Matthews and George C.D. Odell in Paris, 1925, and Naples, 1926

Citation

"Marionettes in Museums of the United States," in Puppetry, a Yearbook of Puppets and Marionettes. Edited by Paul McPharlin, 23-28. Detroit: The Inland Press, 1930.; Spaulding, Jean, "Masks and Marionettes," Institute Magazine Dec. 1929: 12-13, 28-29.; Bell, John. "Puppets and 'The Iconography of Drama': The Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University." in American Puppetry. Edited by Phyllis T. Dircks, 105-117. New York: McFarland and Company, 2004.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Marionettes (stringed puppets)
ceramic

Physical Dimensions

7"

Citation

“Arlecchino marionette,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1554.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu