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Ugolino and his Children by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux — VisualArtsDB

Ugolino and his Children

Ugolino and his Children

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

1863–1865

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 48.9 × 37.2 × 22.9 cm (19 1/4 × 14 5/8 × 9 in.)
Genre: statuette
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

nineteenth century

Tags

bronze (color)firing (heating)nineteenth century19th centuryfamiliesmodeling (forming)casting (process)fathersfrenchdeathprisonersnudessculptureinorganic materialmannonferrous metalbronzestatuettechildrenboyssculptingcopper alloyprisonmetal

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