Domino mask
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A domino mask is a small and often rounded mask covering only the area around the eyes and the space between them. The mask has seen special prevalence since the 18th century, when it became tradition
A carnival mask
Gervex's 1885 portrait of Marie Renard in a domino mask, La Femme au Masque.
Harlequin
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Harlequin is the best-known of the comic servant characters from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by the
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…and villains such as Zorro, The Lone Ranger, Robin the Boy Wonder and the Green Hornet with the implication that they hide the hero's secret identity. Harlequin "La bottega dei Mascareri" (The workshop of Mascareri/the Mask-makers), accessed 13 October 2014…
The classical appearance of the Harlequin stock character in the commedia dell'arte of the 1670s, complete with batte or "slapstick", a magic wand used by the character to change the scenery of the play (Maurice Sand, 1860)
A scene from the commedia dell'arte played in France before a noble audience in 1571 or 1572 (Museum of Bayeux). Pantalone is front and center, while just to the right and slightly behind is Harlequin in motley costume, "the oldest known version of Harlequin's costume".
Tristano Martinelli's Harlequin costume as depicted in his Compositions de rhétorique, 1601
Harlequin at the Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark