Ugolino
Datec. 1972
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
MediumBronze
Dimensions27 1/4 × 16 3/4 × 1/2 in. (69.2 × 42.5 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-19
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextA ghastly character in Dante's Divine Comedy, the Italian nobleman Ugolino della Gherardesca (c.1220–1289) was condemned to die of starvation with his sons. As they were dying, the sons invoked Ugolino to eat their flesh. Baskin pictures Ugolino alone pondering this tragic choice.
