Ugolino and His Sons
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860s
The work is a highly expressive depiction of Ugolino della Gherardesca from Canto XXXIII of Dante's Inferno. In the story, the Pisan count Ugolino is sentenced to die in a tower prison with his children and grandchildren. Carpeaux shows Ugolino at the moment where he considers cannibalism.
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Ugolino and His Sons
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860s
The work is a highly expressive depiction of Ugolino della Gherardesca from Canto XXXIII of Dante's Inferno. In the story, the Pisan count Ugolino is sentenced to die in a tower prison with his children and grandchildren. Carpeaux shows Ugolino at the moment where he considers cannibalism.
1,669
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52
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3
comments
Uploaded on July 29, 2021
Taken on July 12, 2021