Harlequin, Clown (Pagliaccio), Pierrot and Fools

Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell’arte, whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of

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Woman Combing/Braiding/Arranging/Caressing her Hair

Originally published in 2009. Revised on 27 May 2025. This is a post about pictures depicting a woman / women

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