Unfinished Letter with Studies for the Ugolino Group 1858
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This drawing by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is a collection of studies for his monumental sculpture *The Ugolino Group*, which depicts the tragic end of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and his sons, as told in Dante's *Inferno*. The sketches, drawn in brown ink and executed in a loose, expressive style, show the artist working through the composition of the figures, exploring various poses and expressions for the doomed count and his offspring. The work, created in 1858, exemplifies Carpeaux's artistic practice of rapid sketching, a practice he employed to capture fleeting moments of human form and emotion.
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