An unusual and beautiful decorative Venetian masquerade mask, which features a hand painting of the Commedia dell'Arte character 'Pantalone' on the forehead.
Pantalone is one of the original and most well known characters of the Commedia dell'Arte theatre which operated in Venice in the 1400s. The figure painted here is a classical rendition of Pantelone, with a Greek style woolen beret, a red jacket and hose and a black cape. This character is also wearing a black mask.
The inside of the mask shows the mold has been hand crafted and the artist who painted this in Venice has written the character's name 'Pantalone' and a confirmation that this has been done by hand with 'Hand Painted' in written in pencil.
The mask is beautifully finished, with a background finish of antique cream and a lovely gold braid border.around the edge of the mask.
The decorative mask measures 230mm long and 155mm wide.
Click on the image above to see the full sized pictures and scroll through these to see the detail of this lovely classical Venetian mask.
It will make a fantastic ornament for your home and you can be absolutely assured this has been hand crafted in Venice.
Add this beautiful full face Venetian masquerade decorative mask to your shopping cart now!
Pantalone is one of the original and most well known characters of the Commedia dell'Arte theatre which operated in Venice in the 1400s. The figure painted here is a classical rendition of Pantelone, with a Greek style woolen beret, a red jacket and hose and a black cape. This character is also wearing a black mask.
The inside of the mask shows the mold has been hand crafted and the artist who painted this in Venice has written the character's name 'Pantalone' and a confirmation that this has been done by hand with 'Hand Painted' in written in pencil.
The mask is beautifully finished, with a background finish of antique cream and a lovely gold braid border.around the edge of the mask.
The decorative mask measures 230mm long and 155mm wide.
Click on the image above to see the full sized pictures and scroll through these to see the detail of this lovely classical Venetian mask.
It will make a fantastic ornament for your home and you can be absolutely assured this has been hand crafted in Venice.
Add this beautiful full face Venetian masquerade decorative mask to your shopping cart now!