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Ugolino con i suoi figli

1865–67
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548
Il tema di quest’opera di grande intensità romantica è tratto dal trentatreesimo canto dell’Inferno di Dante, in cui il poeta descrive come il traditore pisano conte Ugolino della Gherardesca venne imprigionato nel 1288, insieme ai figli e ai nipoti, e finì col morire di fame. Carpeaux ha immortalato l’angosciato padre mentre resiste all’offerta dei suoi figli che vorrebbero dargli in pasto il loro stesso corpo per sfamarlo. Il gruppo statuario suggestivo e tormentato rispecchia il grande rispetto dell’artista nei confronti di Michelangelo, in modo particolare per gli affreschi del Giudizio universale (1536-41) nella cappella Sistina in Vaticano, oltre al suo interesse in un potente e scrupoloso realismo anatomico.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Ugolino con i suoi figli
  • Artista: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Francese, 1827-1875
  • Data: 1865-67
  • Materiale e tecnica: Marmo
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 197,5 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, donazioni di Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. e Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc., e Fletcher Fund, 1967
  • Numero d'inventario: 67.25
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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