Count Ugolino and his Children in the Dungeon

Druckgraphik

Object Details

• Location: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
• Inventory number: JDixon AB 1.18
• Measurements: Höhe: 505 mm (Platte) ; Breite: 624 mm ; Höhe: 580 mm (Blatt) ; Breite: 697 mm
• Material/Technique: Radierung, Schabkunst
• Inscription/Labeling: Inschrift: Ugolino; COUNT UGOLINO AND HIS CHILDREN, IN THE DUNGEON.; "Io non piangeva, si dentrò ... nèla notte appresso." Dante´s Inferno, Canto 33.; Count Ugolino, a ... the infernal Regions.; Benumb'd with Fear, ... the succeeding Night. Earl of Carlisle. [Inschrift]; Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds.; Painted by Sr. Joshua Reynolds.; John Dixon Sculpsit [Künstler]; Publish'd as the Act Diret Feby. 1.st. 1774.; John Boydell excudit 1774; John Boydell excudit 1774.; Published Feby 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London. [Verlegeradresse]

References and Relationships

• Related object and literature: beschrieben in: Le Blanc 1854-1890, S. II.132.2 II ; hat Vorlage: Nach dem Gemälde von J. Reynolds (1770-1773) (Knole, Kent, London and South East, National Trust (Inv. Nr. NT 129934))

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Druckgraphik (Gattung)
• Subject (what): Gefängnis ; Mann ; Strafe ; Sohn ; Hunger ; Kerker

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Reynolds, Joshua (Inventor) ; Reynolds, Joshua (Maler) ; Dixon, John (Stecher) ; Boydell, John (Verleger)
• (when): 1774
• Event: Unspezifiziertes Ereignis
• (who): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) (Verfasser der Textvorlage) ; Earl of Carlisle (Verfasser des Textes (Inschrift)) ; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) (Verfasser des Textes (Inschrift))

Further information

• Last update: 11.04.2025, 1:32 PM CEST