Columbine is a stock character in the Commedia dell’Arte. She is the mistress of Harlequin’s mistress, a comic servant and wife of Pierrot. Rudlin and Crick use the Italian spelling Colombina in Commedia dell’arte: A Handbook for Troupes. Reference: Wikipedia
This is an engraving of Mrs J W Collier as Columbine, ca. 1840
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) Yvette Guilbert, dans Columbine à Pierrot (W.68; D.96; Adr.103), 1894 Color lithograph printed on wove paper, from Wittrock’s fourth edition of 1950 impressions printed in 1950, published by Au Pont des Arts, Paris, with full margins, in apparently good condition, framed (not examined out of frame). 8 5/8 x 6 3/4in sheet 14 7/8 x 11in
Sold for US$ 360 (£ 291) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2008
Masked ball with group of figures, Columbine in ballet dress beside door at left, supported by masked woman and man in tall hat, harlequin at right; from a series of eight lithographs. 1904 Crayon lithograph, printed in sanguine ink
Reference: The British Museum
This ballet print shows Miss Barnett as Columbine. It is a lithograph hand-coloured with pen by J Marks on wove paper
It was sold with three other hand-coloured lithographs from Galerie Dramatique of Melle Taglioni, Melle Cerrito, Hoguet et Melle Sophie; and five hand-coloured etchings of dancers, for GBP 306 at Christie’s in 2000
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec YVETTE GUILBERT, DANS “COLUMBINE A PIERROT” (DELTEIL 96) Color lithograph, 1894, from the fourth edition. 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches
Sold for $156 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2008
Erte. “Columbine”(Russian/French, 1892-1990). Color serigraph, ed. 279/300, signed “Erte” lr, sheet size: 25 1/2 x 33 in., unframed.
Sold for $250 at Alex Cooper in 2020
