Old weird mask signed inside

[jtw1313]

I'm thinking opera maybe someone can translate sig. Or the hand painted figure on the front for time period. Had to get it thought it was quite interesting. And odd

 

[DCMatt]

The character on the front is Pulcinella.



19th Century?

DCMatt

 

[jtw1313]

Very weird looked at it under loop it's hand painted and has the crack lines all over of aged oil paint

 

[jtw1313]

It is the earlier costume from the 1700s from the pic and what I've read so far

 

[cw0909]

jtw, maybe one of these places will know the sig,the mask may have been made
for a Krewe member too
maybe if you do a search of "Pulcinella Krewes", you might come up with something too
i just cant make out the sig
some mask artists
http://www.themaskstore.com/artists
Mobile Mask - Mardi Gras Resources

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks cw0909 I will check it out

 

[DCMatt]

It is the earlier costume from the 1700s from the pic and what I've read so far

Maybe. It just doesn't speak "18th century" to me. It looks more like late Victorian romanticized. Like the images from the women's magazines and catalogs of that era.

And it may be a trivial point but there are no buckles on his shoes.

DCMatt

 

[cw0909]

maybe its a promotional item or souvenir, from stravinsky pulcinella ballet
Pulcinella (ballet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jtw1313]

Picasso designed the original costumes for that to bad it's not his sig lol I'm guessing the signature is Italian though

 

[cw0909]

​just more history

Commedia dell’arte history and more
Commedia dell'arte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A timeline adapted from The Commedia dell'Arte: A Documentary History by Kenneth Richards and Laura Richards
Commedia Timeline
Commedia dell'Arte

 

[jtw1313]

Kind of looks like a older mask that may have been signed by someone at the play maybe had the mask already and brought it to the play