Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons
date: label: Date
content: 1815–1823
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Here Giani treats the scene as a classical frieze. A kneeling youth begs a standing man who covers his face with his hand. Three more figures in anguish behind. At right, light streams in through a barred window.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1679
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 42.9 × 27.5 cm (16 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)