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ID: 901002048
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002048
Record Type: Character/Person

Brighella (Commedia dell'arte character)

Note: Stock character of Commedia dell'Arte. His attribute is a livery costume of green color. Originally a comic servant, the character was eventually a roguish, quick-witted, opportunistic, and sometimes lascivious and cruel figure.

Names:
Brighella (Commedia dell'arte character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Commedia dell’arte characters (Italian theatrical characters) (I)
............Brighella (Commedia dell'arte character) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Brighella (Commedia dell'arte character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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