A scene from Dante's 'Divine Comedy' showing Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, Count of Donoratico (c. 1220-1289), an Italian nobleman, politician and naval commander and his sons and grandchildren imprisoned in a dungeon. After Reynolds
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger, from that of the original painting by Reynolds., Signed by the artist in lower left corner., and Drawn after Sir Joshua Reynolds’s painting, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1773 and is currently in the National Trust Collection at Knole, Kent (accession no.: 129934).
Subject (Geographic):
Italian.
Subject (Name):
Ugolino, della Gherardesca, conte di Donoratico, -1289,
Subject (Topic):
Capture & imprisonment, Dungeons, Political prisoners, and Children
A young woman presumably a prostitute, bare breasted and with a dejected look on her face, is being led up the steps of a building by a beadle or constable, her head bowed in shame. Her infant has been left in the arms of an older woman, stands at the base of the stairs ont he right. Another, older child, seated on a lower step in the foreground, looks up at the scene. The building has barred windows
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower right: T. Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.