ID: 901001327 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001327	Record Type: Character/Person

	Beltrame di Milano (Commedia dell'arte character)

Note: A traditional commedia dell'arte character; he is associated to the city of Milan. The invention or at least the popularity of the whimsical, blind character is associated with his being played by actor Niccolò Barbieri; he even assumed the role and stage name of Beltrame.

Display Date: 16th-17th centuries

Names:

	Beltrame di Milano (Commedia dell'arte character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Beltrame di Milano (Commedia dell'arte character) (Italian-P,D,N)
	Beltrame (Commedia dell'arte character) (Italian,U,N)
	Beltrame (Commedia dell'arte character) (English,U,N)
	Baltramm (Commedia dell'arte character) (English,U,N)
	Baltramm (Commedia dell'arte character) (Italian,U,N)
	Beltrame di Gaggiano (Commedia dell'arte character) (English,U,N)
	Beltrame de la Gippa (Commedia dell'arte character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters) (I)
		............Beltrame di Milano (Commedia dell'arte character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	affiliated/associated with .... commedia dell'arte
	.....(comedy (general genre), genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... literary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... blind (people)
	.....(people with physical disabilities, people with disabilities, exceptional people, groups of people by state or condition, groups of people, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Milan
	..... ULAN Candidate

	affiliated/associated with .... Barbieri, Niccolò (Milanese actor, 1576-1641)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	culture/religion is .... Italian (culture or style)
	.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Beltrame di Milano (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Beltrame (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Baltramm (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Beltrame di Gaggiano (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Beltrame de la Gippa (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Brockett, History of the Theater (1974)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/5919/meissen-porcelain-manufactory-figure-beltrame-di-milano-german-about-1720/