56 LA EBANISTERIA
57
PLUIE DE COULEURS
Smoke Piano & Rojo Piano
Sideboard / Aparador / Credenza
Life is too
short to be
boring.
HARLEQUIN, IN ITALIAN
“ARLECCHINO”, IN FRENCH
“ARLEQUÍN”, IS THE BEST-
KNOWN OF THE ZANNI OR
COMIC SERVANT CHARACTERS
FROM THE ITALIAN COMMEDIA
DELL’ARTE. TRADITIONALLY
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED BY ZAN GANASSA
IN THE LATE 16TH CENTURY,
THE ROLE WAS DEFINITIVELY
POPULARIZED BY THE ITALIAN
ACTOR TRISTANO MARTINELLI
IN PARIS IN 1584–1585 AND
BECAME A STOCK CHARACTER
AFTER MARTINELLI’S DEATH IN
1630.
The Harlequin is characterized
by his chequered costume. His
role is that of a light-hearted,
nimble and astute servant, often
acting to thwart the plans of his
master, and pursuing his own
love interest, Colombina, with
wit and resourcefulness, often
competing with the sterner and
melancholic Pierrot. He later
develops into a prototype of
the romantic hero. Harlequin
inherits his physical agility and
his trickster qualities, as well as
his name, from a mischievous
“devil” character in medieval
passion plays.
