ID: 901001542 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001542	Record Type: Character/Person

	Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters)

Note: Characters from the Italian theatrical form that flourished throughout Europe from the 16th through the 18th century. Outside Italy, the form had its greatest success in France.

Display Date: 16th-18th centuries

Names:

	Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Commedia dell’arte character (Italian theatrical characters) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters) (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 characters
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (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:

	Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Commedia dell’arte character (Italian theatrical characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte#/media/File:Jan_Miel_%E2%80%93_Actors_from_the_Commedia_dell%E2%80%99Arte_on_a_Wagon_in_a_Town_Square.jpg