Count Ugolino della Gherardesca with his Sons and Grandsons in Prison
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scene from the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri of a group of figures in a prison cell interior. At left, seated, the Count Ugolino raises his hands, helplessly. The younger grandson kneels before his grandfather praying for food, his arm outstretched. Behind, a group of three other boys in the central rear, one reclining upon the floor. At right, a skull under a beam of light entering through a barred window. Shackles mounted to the wall at left and right.
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: 1901-39-11
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and aquatint on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 × 34.4 cm (10 11/16 × 13 9/16 in.)