Brighella is a comic, masked character from the Commedia dell'arte. His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a batocio (also batacchio or battacio, depending on region) or slap stick, or else with a wooden sword.
Brighella's costume was suitably picaresque. The half mask of olive green with licentious eyes and a hooked nose was atop a rakish cavalier’s mustache and a black shaggy beard. His jacket and full trousers were striped with green braid, and he wore a short cloak, a green bordered toque, and yellow shoes and belt; he carried a dagger that later became a wooden prop and a large leather purse.
