Count Ugolino, engraving after a painting by Henry Fuseli, 1806 This is a tale found in Dante’s Inferno,in which Count Ugolino della Gherardesca was imprisoned with his sons. The children, when they saw their father was dying of starvation, sacrificed themselves to be devoured by him. The famous statue by Carpeux depicts the same scene.

Count Ugolino, engraving after a painting by Henry Fuseli, 1806

This is a tale found in Dante’s Inferno,in which Count Ugolino della Gherardesca was imprisoned with his sons. The children, when they saw their father was dying of starvation, sacrificed themselves to be devoured by him. The famous statue by Carpeux depicts the same scene.