19th- and 20th-century Italian rod and glove puppets 

            Angel 

made bySalvetti or Giovan  Battista Locatelli

        (end of 19th century)

On left: Man with three-cornered hat

(provenance unknown)

On right: Man with helmet by Mario Barbetti

(first half 20th century)

           rod puppets  

          by Renzo Salici

 (1852-1929)

Italian traditional characters

by various puppeteers

Pantalone (detail)

Bergamasque school

Devils, from left: Oliviero Salici (1898-?),

Luciani Bettini (20th century.), 

Francesco II° Campogalliani (1870-1931)

Devils, from left: 

Francesco Campogalliani (1803-1851)

Giuseppe Jani (1870-1940)

Death 

by Emilio Frabboni 

(1880 - 1958)

Lady

by the Bergamasque' puppeteer Locatelli

(1884-1923)

    Puppets bergamasque school

(end of 19th early 20th century)

Gioppino in Africa

by Alfredo and Luigi Gotti, Bergamo

(second half 19th century)

Gentleman

by Ugo Campogaliani,(1864-1943)  

Ravenna

and Lady, (provenance unknown)

 Bologna

          Gentleman

     by Emilio Zago (1852-1929), 

  Venezia

       Chest

belonging to Guglielmo Jaboli,(1883-?) 

Bologna

            Brighella and Arlecchino;

          by Emilio Zago (1852-1929)

Pulcinella by Gaetanaccio 

(Gaetano Santangelo)

(early 19th century)

Pulcinella

Man in evening dress by Emilio Zago

(1852 -1929)

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