ID: 901001405 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001405	Record Type: Character/Person

	Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte character)

Note: Stock character from the commedia dell'arte. His attribute is a checker-patterned costume. His role is that of a servant who is optimistic and astute.

Names:

	Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Arlequin (Commedia dell'arte character) (French)
	Arlecchino (Commedia dell'arte) (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person 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:

	Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Arlequin (Commedia dell'arte character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Arlecchino (Commedia dell'arte)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin#/media/File:SAND_Maurice_Masques_et_bouffons_01.jpg
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/258873/jean-antoine-watteau-the-italian-comedians-french-about-1720/?dz=0.5000,0.6865,0.41