Buffoon Collection

Harlequin and Death, 1907. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Harlequin and Death, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Buffoons in a Village, 1857. Artist: Francois Nicolas Riss
Buffoons in a Village, 1857. Riss, Francois Nicolas (1804-1886). Found in the collection of the State V. Tropinin-Museum, Moscow

Theatre National de l Opera, Grand bal de la Mi-Careme, 1921. Private Collection

Leaving the Masqued Ball. Artist: Garcia y Ramos, Jose (1852-1912)
Leaving the Masqued Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

A fool with parrot, 1875. Found in the Collection of State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Portrait of a Fool, c.1550. Creator: Verbeeck, Frans (c. 1510-1570)
Portrait of a Fool, c.1550. Private Collection

Au Fait! C'est un bal assez distingué!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
Au Fait! C'est un bal assez distingue!, 1833. Actually! it's quite a distinguished ball!'. From Serie Politique

A Professional Buffoon, from an untitled series of 12 prints, c. 1710. Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I

Portrait of Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi (1710-1783), 1740s. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Portrait of Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796-1846), 1832. Creator: Trouvé
Portrait of Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796-1846), 1832. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Dancing Mezzetin, ca 1720. Creator: Anonymous
Dancing Mezzetin, ca 1720. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Portrait of Bernardino Ricci, 1637. Creator: Stefano della Bella
Portrait of Bernardino Ricci, 1637

The mummers, 1873. Creator: Solomatkin, Leonid Ivanovich (1837-1883)
The mummers, 1873. Found in the Collection of State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Mummers, 1908. Creator: Sapunov, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1880-1912)
Mummers, 1908. Found in the Collection of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Carnival Procession, c. 1660. Creator: Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de (1589-1662)
Carnival Procession, c. 1660. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Theatre De La Porte-Saint-Martin - Falstaff - Falstaff. - M. Clerget, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Theatre De La Porte-Saint-Martin - Falstaff - Falstaff. - M. Clerget, 1904. Paul Clerget, (1868-1935) in the title role in Falstaff - a comic opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi adapted by

Jesters, c1955. Creator: Shirley Markham
Jesters, c1955. Jesters and fools through the ages. Page from " Marvelman" comic. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design

The skomorokhs. Costume design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
The skomorokhs. Costume design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Cockney Sportsmen Finding, Part 1. Morning, 1800. Three cits discovering a hare crouching by a tree and discussing ways of killing it

Merry Andrew, possibly a jester or fool, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Merry Andrew, a clown or buffoon, (c1688?). Cross-looking man dancing with one shoe and a ruff. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Fools Head, c. 1560. Private Collection

Masked Ball. Private Collection

Illustration for War of Petrushka and Stepka-Rastrepka by Evgeni Schwartz, 1925. Private Collection

The Mocking of Human Follies. Artist: Verbeeck, Frans (c. 1510-1570)
The Mocking of Human Follies. Private Collection

Natural Fools (The Triumphal Procession of the Emperor Maximilian I), ca 1515. Private Collection

Leaving the Masqued Ball. Artist: Madrazo y Garreta, Raimundo de (1841-1920)
Leaving the Masqued Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

Musicians and acrobats (detail). Artist: Ancient Russian frescos
Musicians and acrobats (detail). Found in the collection of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev

Arriving at the Theatre on a Night of a Masked Ball. Artist: Lucas Villaamil, Eugenio (1858-1919)
Arriving at the Theatre on a Night of a Masked Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

Jesters playing Cochonnet, 1868. Artist: Zamacois y Zabala, Eduardo (1841-1871)
Jesters playing Cochonnet, 1868. Found in the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

In skomorokh dress, 1882. Artist: Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926)
In skomorokh dress, 1882. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Harlequin and Death, 1918. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Harlequin and Death, 1918. From a private collection

Harlequins, 1913. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Harlequins, 1913. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Gorlovka

Rendezvous, c. 1918. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Rendezvous, c. 1918. From a private collection

Masquerade, 1913-1914. Artist: Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939)
Masquerade, 1913-1914. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Kherson

Jean-Gaspard Deburau as Pierrot, 1845. Artist: Bouquet, Auguste (1810-1846)
Jean-Gaspard Deburau as Pierrot, 1845. From a private collection

The Buffoon with books, c1644 (1939). Artist: Diego Velasquez
The Buffoon with books, c1644 (1939). The painting is held at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Les Chefs-D Ouevre Du Musee Du Prado. [Les Editions Holbein, Switzerland, 1939]

Carnival in Rome (Detail), c. 1650. Artist: Lingelbach, Johannes (1622-1674)
Carnival in Rome (Detail), c. 1650. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Pierrot Content, ca 1712. Artist: Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721)
Pierrot Content, ca 1712. Found in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

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