punchinello
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The work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021
Jean Baptiste Faure, a singer who had the sort of immense popular recognition that Manet dreamed about, bought this picture, "Punchinello," for a few francs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week at a sale in the Hotel Drouot, Paris, "Punchinello" brought $17,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Clowns, he flashes the frozen, mocking smile of the eternal Punchinello, the sad slapstick hero bested by a world beyond his control.
From Time Magazine Archive
In profile she resembles a cute Punchinello, her cheeks expressive, painted, and the nose carved for comic effect.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
