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Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children, 1860. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children, 1860. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children, 1860
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Carpeaux Jean Baptiste Divina Commedia Divine Comedy Four People Inferno Jean Baptiste Carpeaux Jules Carpeaux Leaning Leaning On Elbow Studies Ugolino
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This study for Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's sculpture "Ugolino and His Children," created in 1860, offers a glimpse into the artist's creative process. The drawing, executed in pen and brown ink and opaque white and gray watercolours with white oil paint and black watercolour over black chalk on brown wove paper, depicts four figures from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Ugolino, a man with a gaunt face and piercing eyes, is depicted leaning on an elbow as he gazes at his three starving sons, who cling to him in despair. The scene is taken from Inferno, the first part of Dante's epic poem, where Ugolino and his family are punished for their treachery. Carpeaux's masterful use of line and form brings the emotional intensity of the story to life. The artist's skillful rendering of the figures' expressions and body language conveys the despair and hopelessness of the scene. The pen and ink drawing serves as a preliminary study for the sculpture, which was later exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1862 and is now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. This work of art is a testament to Carpeaux's artistic vision and his ability to bring the narrative of one of literature's most famous stories to life.
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