Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons
Object Details
- Designer
- Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Artist
- Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- 1815–1823
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-1679
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 42.9 × 27.5 cm (16 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1901-39-1679
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ff313595-7ce2-4862-8448-0d62741aabfa
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