Ugolino and his Children

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1971.21

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AIC_.1971.21

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste

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Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

European; French

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European; French

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

Artist

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Artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

French; 1827-1875

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French; 1827-1875

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Ugolino and his Children

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Ugolino and his Children

Title

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Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

false

View:

full view

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full view

View

false

Creation Date:

1863/65

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1863/65

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1863

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1863

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1865

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1865

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze

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Bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Statuette

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Statuette

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

Group with Ugolino seated on a draped rocky outcrop. The gruesome subject of this work is drawn Dante's Inferno. Count Ugolino and his four sons were imprisoned in a tower to starve to death. Ugolino dinally devoured his children. The heroic musculature of the figures is based on the sculpture of MichelangeloBronze statuette, dark patination; group with Ugolino seated on a draped rocky outcrop, his right arm resting on his knee, his left on the back of one of his children as he looks downward and gnaws his fingers, three of his children, clinging to his legs, the fourth lying expired at his feet. The wh ole is on an oblong plinth.

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Group with Ugolino seated on a draped rocky outcrop. The gruesome subject of this work is drawn Dante's Inferno. Count Ugolino and his four sons were imprisoned in a tower to starve to death. Ugolino dinally devoured his children. The heroic musculature of the figures is based on the sculpture of MichelangeloBronze statuette, dark patination; group with Ugolino seated on a draped rocky outcrop, his right arm resting on his knee, his left on the back of one of his children as he looks downward and gnaws his fingers, three of his children, clinging to his legs, the fourth lying expired at his feet. The wh ole is on an oblong plinth.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Europe,France

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Europe,France

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

48.9 cm

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48.9 cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1971.21

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1971.21

ID Number

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Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mrs. S.G. Rauthbord

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mrs. S.G. Rauthbord

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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