Coviello

Coviello is a male Zanni, ie servant figure of the Commedia dell'arte. In addition he Arlecchino is often a partner of Pulcinella. However, the dominance of the former may be the reason why this mask disappeared from the stage from the 17th century.

His attributes are feathers on the head and a mandolin in hand. He is boastful, mostly stupid and smart at the same time, has wit and wisdom, and is often a clever swindler who also performs all kinds of ambiguous gestures with his mandolin.

He is, for example, in Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: find ( German The Bourgeois Gentleman ).