Ryan Mosley
Columbina on the Mind, 2021
Oil on canvas
33.5 x 26.5 cm
13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in
13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in
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Columbina was a staple character in the commedia dell’arte in 16th-18th century Italy, frequently a Harlequin’s mistress. The Commedia dell’arte would use social types such as crones, drunks or soldiers...
Columbina was a staple character in the commedia dell’arte in 16th-18th century Italy, frequently a Harlequin’s mistress. The Commedia dell’arte would use social types such as crones, drunks or soldiers (exaggerated figures of society) to tell popular parables or stories, often with colloquial inflections depending on where the troop performed.
