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Ugolino und seine Söhne

1865–67
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548
Das Motiv dieser intensiv romantischen Arbeit stammt aus dem Canto 33 von Dantes Inferno, in dem er beschreibt, wie der Pisaner Verräter Graf Ugolino della Gherardesca, seine Söhne und seine Enkel 1288 verhaftet wurden und schließlich verhungerten. Carpeaux stellte den gepeinigten Vater dar, der dem Angebot seiner Kinder ihrer eigenen Körper als Nahrung widersteht. Die visionäre, gequälte Gruppe des Künstlers spiegelt sowohl dessen leidenschaftliche Verehrung Michelangelos, insbesondere von Das letzte Gericht (1536–41) in der Sixtinischen Kapelle des Vatikans wider, als auch seine eigene gewissenhafte Sorge um einen kraftvollen anatomischen Realismus.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titel: Ugolino und seine Söhne
  • Künstler: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Franzose, 1827–1875
  • Datum: 1865–67
  • Medium: Marmor
  • Dimensionen: H: 197,5 cm
  • Anerkennung: Neuerwerb, Schenkung von Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. und Charles Ulrick und der Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. und Fletcher Fund, 1967
  • Akzession Nr.: 67.25
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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