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ID: 901001404
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001404
Record Type: Character/Person

Scaramouche (Commedia dell'arte character)

Note: Stock character from Italian commedia dell'arte. Attribute is a black Spanish dress that is a burlesqe of a Don. He is an unscrupulous and unreliable servant. Scaramouche was originally a variation of the commedia character Capitano, a braggart soldier.

Names:
Scaramouche (Commedia dell'arte character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Scaramouch (Commedia dell'arte character) (English,U,N)
Scaramuccia (Commedia dell'arte character) (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters) (I)
............Scaramouche (Commedia dell'arte character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
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)
culture/religion is .... Italian (culture or style)
.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Scaramouche (Commedia dell'arte character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Scaramouch (Commedia dell'arte character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Scaramuccia (Commedia dell'arte character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche#/media/File:SAND_Maurice_Masques_et_bouffons_07.jpg
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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