Columbine (stock character)

[3] She is Harlequin's mistress,[3] a comic servant playing the tricky slave type, and wife of Pierrot.

[7] She was also known to wear heavy makeup around her eyes[9] and carry a tambourine,[10] which she could use to fend off the amorous advances of Pantalone.

[5][8][14] Colombina became the most common name used to describe the sobretta character, especially as Colombine in France and Columbine in England.

[15] One of the actresses who made this character famous was Silvia Roncagli, the first woman recorded doing a seretta role named Francheschina in about 1570.

[7] One of the first women to play the role named Colombina was Italian actress Isabella Franchini Biancolelli.

He is even referenced in a performance by Angelo Costantini of his show Une Vie de Scaramouche, which refers to the writer and poet.