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Tarocchino Arlecchino: The Angel
At the end of the trump sequence, winged Arlecchino rises above entombed Colombina, Pierrot, and Pantalone. This is his tarocchino, after all, and his fellow denizens of the Commedia dell’Arte are here on his fancy. Colombina (left) was a maid character, wife of Pierrot but lover of Arlecchino. Melancholic and pale Pierrot complemented Arlecchino’s madness.…