Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67, French, Paris, Saint-Béat marble, confirmed: 77 3/4 × 59 × 43 1/2 in., 4955 lb. (197.5 × 149.9 × 110.5 cm, 2247.6 kg), Sculpture, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie), The subject of this intensely Romantic work is derived from canto XXXIII of Dante's Inferno, which describes how the Pisan traitor Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, his sons, and his grandsons were imprisoned in 1288 and died of starvation
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Ugolino, Sons, 1865–67, French, Paris, Saint-Bé marble, confirmed, 77 3/4, 59, 43 1/2, 4955 lb, 197.5, 149.9, 110.5 cm, 2247.6 kg, Sculpture, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Valenciennes, 1827–1875, Courbevoie, subject, intensely Romantic, work, derived, canto XXXIII, Dante, Inferno, describes, Pisan traitor, Count, della, Gherardesca, sons, grandsons, imprisoned, 1288, died, starvation
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