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Ugolino and his children

After: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
French
1857–61
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Lightly burned clay
Dimensions 48.26 x 33.02 cm (19 x 13 in.)
Credit Line H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession Number62.980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionFirst model, lightly burned clay, roughly finished. Stooped seated figure, chin in hands, elbows on largest child across knees, smaller kneeling at right, one of the sons at feet, all on oval base.
Provenance1962, sold by Rickel Hein (dealer, b. 1897 - d. about 1977/1980), Hein Antiquités, Paris to the MFA for $1,027.50. (Accession Date: November 14, 1962)